In his recent feature “Exploring the icy moons of the solar system” Keith Cooper discussed the blue “tiger stripe” cracks that are visible in images of Enceladus – fractures in the moon’s surface ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Houston have achieved sustained self-healing of a composite material. The findings promise to extend the lifetime of aircraft and ...

Marco Donghia’s photograph of the Cryogenic Laboratory for Detectors at INFN National Laboratories of Frascati won first place in the judges’ competition (courtesy: Marco Donghia) From an image of a ...

In a breakthrough in droplet physics, researchers find a way to get centimetre-scale water droplets to jump into the air ...

Systems governed by chemistry and physics, not biology, can behave in surprisingly lifelike ways, as Giorgio Volpe, Rob ...

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Scientists across the world are finding that global warming could cause extreme changes in earthquakes and volcanic activity.

A consultancy firm with expertise in radiation safety can help companies developing a new generation of commercial fusion reactors to navigate the regulatory framework ...

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power ...

Mulugeta Bekele is almost single-handedly responsible for having kept Ethiopian physics going in the 1970s and 1980s despite being imprisoned and tortured by the Ethiopian military. Robert P Crease ...

Early-career physicist Natasha Khan talks about her route to becoming a nuclear safety engineer – a journey that includes job rejections, the charity sector and nuclear awards ...