A lightweight, easily wearable, adhesive patch-based sensor continuously monitors and interprets foetal movement patterns. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/band-aid-l...

A new measurement by CERN’s ATLAS Collaboration has strengthened evidence that the masses of fundamental particles originate through their interaction with the Higgs field. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/1fGa50XNfM1

What happens to entanglement in real #quantum computers? When physicists @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social started to explore this, they found that the calculus of what can be done, and what can be harnessed, needs a serious retooling. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/real-world...

A deep-learning model that automates target delineation during brachytherapy treatment planning could reduce reliance on operator experience, increase workflow efficiency and improve contouring consistency. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/hybrid-dee...

Great to see our expert Prof Francesco Poletti feature in @physicsworld.bsky.social this month. Francesco and his team developed a new type of optical fibre that was recognised as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year for 2025. Read more 👇 physicsworld.com/a/top-10-bre...

Congratulations to researchers at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for winning the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year for their pioneering work on 2D metals. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/Eofh50XLrJG

An aerogel material that is more than 99% transparent to light and is an excellent thermal insulator has been developed by Ivan Smalyukh and colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/jEuk50XLnzN

How do you run #quantum computations in neutral-atom qubits without running out of atoms? A new approach that reduces atom loss, re-uses atoms from previous circuit-diagnostic ancillary measurements, and replenishes the supply from a reservoir could be key. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/qubit-recy...

Quantum physics, kung-fu, LEGO and singing are probably not things you would normally put together. But that’s exactly what happened at this year’s Quantum Carousel in Bristol, UK, as Zulekha Samiullah and Hugh Barrett explain. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/learning-t...

Atoms in a one-dimensional #quantum gas behave like a Newton’s cradle toy, transferring energy from atom to atom without dissipation. Developed @tuwien.at, this quantum fluid of ultracold, confined rubidium atoms can be used to simulate solid-state systems. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/atomic-sys...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that triggers the formation of bubbles in magma – a major driver of volcanic eruptions. The finding could help us better understand volcanic hazards by improving models of magma flow beneath Earth’s surface. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/will-this-...

The first coherent spin spectroscopy on a single antiproton performed by the BASE collaboration #AtCERN is recognised as one of the 2025 Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year by @physicsworld.bsky.social.

Recognized by @physicsworld.bsky.social as one of the Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2025, Asst. Prof. Peter Maurer, Prof. David Awschalom, and their colleagues at UChicago PME introduce a protein qubit that can be produced directly inside living cells. Read more: physicsworld.com/a/top-10-bre...

So fun to see our work on #exoplanet WASP-127 b, led by the incredible Lisa Nortmann, as one of the "Top 10 Breakthroughs" of 2025 according to @physicsworld.bsky.social! 🔭🧪 Check it out below ⬇️ including a BUNCH more cool things I had no idea happened this year?! physicsworld.com/a/top-10-bre...

What a fantastic evening last night at House of Commons to celebrate our Business Award winners! It was a great opportunity for our winners to showcase their products & network. Thank you to Dave Robertson MP for sponsoring the event. 📰 Read more in @physicsworld.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4aHBxuk

Congratulations to Dr. Takamasa Momose, who, alongside Susumu Kuma has been selected as a Top 10 Breakthrough of 2025 by @physicsworld.bsky.social for his work with observing the superfluid phase in molecular hydrogen for the first time. 🔗 www.chem.ubc.ca/ubc-chemistr...

Physicists argue that subtle quantum effects could influence how particles and light move across huge cosmical distances. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/bfsh50XKr1w

What does the future hold for quantum tech? Four rising stars have their say - Nicole Gillett (Riverlane), Muhammad Hamza Waseem (Quantinuum), Mehul Malik (Heriot-Watt University) and Sarah Alam Malik (University College London). 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/from-build...

Test your knowledge of quantum with our interactive quiz to mark International Quantum Year. 🧪⚛️🔭💡 physicsworld.com/a/internatio...

More molecules and compounds vital to the origin of life have been detected in asteroid samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, strengthening the case that life’s building blocks originated in space. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/components...

For the first time, astronomers have detected a coronal mass ejection from a star other than our Sun, and it was a big one – powerful enough to strip the atmosphere from nearby planets. That's bad news for the search for extraterrestrial life. Here's why: physicsworld.com/a/astronomer... 🧪⚛️🔭

Two major experiments have found no evidence for sterile neutrinos – hypothetical particles that could help explain some puzzling observations. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/MCc350XGZ6K

A new book entitled "Global Medical Physics: A Guide for International Collaboration" provides essential guidance for medical physicists looking to participate in global healthcare initiatives. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/bridging-b...

Silver iodide crystals have long been used to “seed” clouds and trigger precipitation, but we've never been entirely sure why it works. Researchers @tuwien.at are now a step closer to solving the mystery. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/scientists...

Using a novel spectroscopy technique, researchers have revealed how organic materials accumulate electrical charge through long-term illumination by sunlight – leading to material degradation. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/yyQU50XGrxo

At the moment, measuring a single quantum of electrical resistance requires a superconducting electromagnet and the laboratory nous of a national metrological institute. A European consortium of researchers is now proposing an alternative. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/memristors...

My recently published paper in @epljournal.bsky.social was written up for @physicsworld.bsky.social website. TL;DR using branching process theory I calculated times to extinction of an epidemic, so if we'd stayed in 1st lockdown—in principle—we could have removed infections within a few months. ⚛️🧪

Wind energy sounds a great idea, but have you ever wondered how you might install a turbine for yourself? Janina Moereke joins a cycle tour round her local forest in Munich to find out more about a community project to build six wind turbines there. physicsworld.com/a/so-you-wan...

Researchers have shed new light on the puzzling and complex flight physics of creatures such as hummingbirds, bumblebees and dragonflies. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/simple-fee...

This podcast features Tim Hsieh of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. We explore some of today’s hottest topics in quantum science and technology. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/IoRC50XBZag

A generative AI-based model, known as CytoDiffusion, characterizes blood cell morphology with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/generative...

Hate to break it to you, but physicists *already* invented ice IX...in 1968! Fortunately for humanity, it doesn't have the deadly properties of Kurt Vonnegut's ice-9. pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/arti...

A new, microscopic formulation of the second law of thermodynamics for coherently driven quantum systems has been proposed. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/HYtR50XBokv

Researchers have found *yet another* new form of water ice. Ice XXI is structurally distinct from all previously observed phases of ice, exists at room temperature and was produced by rapidly compressing water to pressures of 2 GPa. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/ice-xxi-ap...

Putting more carbon in the atmosphere could make a disruptive ionosphere effect called the sporadic-E layer occur more often and with greater intensity, harming radio communications used in broadcasting, air traffic control and navigation. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/extra-carb...

Flexible structural colour platform could be used to develop thermally responsive sensors, reconfigurable displays and dynamic colouration devices. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/phase-chan...

Do you struggle at working thinking everything you do needs to be perfect? Honor Powrie believes there's nothing wrong with "good enough" - and here's how you can learn to be "good enough" too. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/when-is-go...

How constant is the fine structure constant? New experiments on thorium-229 nuclei (which are 6000x more sensitive than other atomic and molecular systems to changes in this constant) could answer this question, with implications for theories of dark matter. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/looking-fo...

A new heat engine driven by the temperature difference between Earth’s surface and outer space has been developed by Tristan Deppe and Jeremy Munday at the University of California Davis. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/qcho50Xz4M9

A microscale version of the flumes used to study liquids in the laboratory will make it far easier to study nonlinear hydrodynamics. The device consists of a few-atom layer of superfluid helium on a silicon chip, and it could help us better understand climate. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/microscale...

A curiosity first observed in the 1970s has been used to create a new technique for optical tweezers. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/NiZi50XyJtg

A viable theory of quantum gravity has eluded physicists for nearly a century. In this podcast Bianca Dittrich of the Perimeter Institute talks about ways forward, including spin foams. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/buxY50XyHLz

Qubits – the building blocks of quantum computers – are plagued with a seemingly insurmountable dilemma. If they’re fast, they aren’t robust. And if they’re robust, they aren’t fast. Until now. #quantum 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/can-fast-q...

Moments after the Big Bang, clusters of exotic particles could have collapsed to form bizarre objects called cannibal stars and boson stars. These could have then collapsed to form primordial black holes – say physicists at SISSA. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/LLCJ50Xy7GN

Current versions of WiFi technology passively record information that could identify individuals as they move through networks, say researchers @kit.edu. They're calling for changes in WiFi standards to address privacy concerns, but how big of a problem is it? 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/is-your-wi...

Here's my geeky deep-dive into cosmic dawn experiments in @physicsworld.bsky.social . I loved every moment of it. physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-daw...

En produisant 15 000 atomes d'antihydrogène toutes les 7 heures, en continu, il faudrait 80 MILLIONS D'ANNÉES pour en produire une quantité suffisante pour dégager autant d'énergie qu'une grenade (en imaginant qu'on puisse les stocker tout ce temps). La bombe à antimatière, c'est pas pour demain.

A new atomic stencilling technique can create nanoparticles with carefully designed “patches” on their surfaces. These patches can be controlled with high precision, and could find use in targeted drug delivery, catalysis, microelectronics and tissue engineering. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/patchy-nan...

New experiments at CERN by an international team have ruled out a potential source of intergalactic magnetic fields. The existence of such fields is invoked to explain why we do not observe secondary gamma rays originating from blazars. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/kjjn50XwTXK

Physicists working on the ALPHA experiment at CERN have trapped and accumulated 15,000 antihydrogen atoms in less than 7 h. This accumulation rate is more than 20 times the previous record. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/iKgP50XvMEC