Niels Bohr, the Nobel laureate in Physics and father of the atomic model, once remarked, “Prediction is very difficult, ...

Albert Einsteins quote of the day highlights the idea that problems cannot be solved using the same way of thinking that created them. Rooted in his post–World War II warnings about nuclear weapons, ...

As one of the few public museums in Japan that insists on confronting the history of aggression and advocating for peace, the Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, has long displayed ...

Paul Sutter explores how ancient creation myths and modern cosmology answer the same questions, framing the Big Bang as a scientific creation story rooted in observation and theory ...

A revolutionary achievement could pave the way for smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks. Last year, a research team led by UCLA achieved a milestone scientists had pursued for half a century. They s ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on December 14. Check what ...

By building an atomic equivalent of the critical Josephson junction, scientists can now study how energy is lost and excitations form.

Nuclear clocks are a technology researchers have been working toward for decades. New research in theoretical physics brings them closer to reality.

The microscopic processes taking place in superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU ...

Nuclear power is rising to meet the demand for American energy. But building new reactors or even renewing licenses of ...

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

Physics World is delighted to announce its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2025, which includes research in astronomy, antimatter, atomic and molecular physics and more. The Top Ten is the ...