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Quiz of the week: what does a new study reveal about primordial black holes? October 30, 2026
Have you been keeping up to date with physics news? Try our short quiz to find out The post Quiz of the week: what does a new study reveal about primordial black holes? appeared first on Physics World.
Laser-generated muons image hidden objects October 30, 2026
Artificially produced particles could probe structures that are inaccessible to X-ray radiography The post Laser-generated muons image hidden objects appeared first on Physics World.
From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals October 29, 2026
Marge Ryan of Johnson Matthey is our podcast guest The post From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals appeared first on Physics World.
Word wave puzzle no.10 October 29, 2026
Can you work out the word in this puzzle, which relates to a recent Physics World article? The post Word wave puzzle no.10 appeared first on Physics World.
Primordial black holes could reveal a hidden fifth dimension October 29, 2026
Primordial black holes formed in the early universe might experience an extra dimension of space; a recent study suggests new ways to search for these mysterious objects The post Primordial black holes could reveal a hidden fifth dimension appeared first on Physics World.
Laser-cooling pioneer and Nobel laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dies at 93 October 28, 2026
French physicist shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics The post Laser-cooling pioneer and Nobel laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dies at 93 appeared first on Physics World.
Graham Farmelo: ‘What’s really striking is Stephen Hawking’s colossal determination and stubbornness’ October 28, 2026
Andrew Glester talks to Graham Farmelo, author of a new authorized biography of Stephen Hawking The post Graham Farmelo: ‘What’s really striking is Stephen Hawking’s colossal determination and stubbornness’ appeared first on Physics World.
Self-powered electric fields control droplets without complicated electronics October 28, 2026
Long-lived electric fields charge and manipulate liquid droplets, while patterned surface charges encode their arrangements and guiding paths The post Self-powered electric fields control droplets without complicated electronics appeared first on Physics World.
Trapping quasiparticles creates quantum behaviour October 28, 2026
New research shows that trapping spinons can create, rather than destroy, protected quantum behaviour at a material’s edges The post Trapping quasiparticles creates quantum behaviour appeared first on Physics World.
The paradox of steady-state light diffusion October 28, 2026
Researchers have resolved a 30-year debate by showing when the diffusion equation provides a consistent description of light transport, and when it fundamentally falls short The post The paradox of steady-state light diffusion appeared first on Physics World.

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