There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points!

A lack of gender diversity in maths means technologies such as AI and quantum computing are mainly designed by – and for – men.

(and it's exciting)

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical ...

A review of federal actions on science, data, and policy in the administration’s first eight months shows far-reaching consequences.

The scientific enterprise is under attack. Being a physicist means speaking out for it.

Physicists model vacuum tunnelling in a simple system

Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’ The role of women in history goes far beyond Elizabeth I or Anne Boleyn, according to a campaign that seeks to add more female lives and achievements to the curriculum taught in England’s schools. Research by the group End Sexism in Schools found that women were largely absent from history taught in key stage 3, the first three years of secondary education in England. Monarchs were among only a handful of women mentioned by name alongside the suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison. Continue reading...

New measurements on Bose-Einstein condensate could help us better understand how objects transition from being quantum and ordered to classical and chaotic

Increasing the wave-like behaviour of nanoparticles brings fundamental quantum tests one step closer

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