Physics is supposed to be predictable. Drop a ball, and gravity pulls it down. Heat water, and it boils. Light travels in straight lines. Yet throughout history, scientists have encountered ...

No one can question the impact of science on human civilization, and the importance of experimentation in science is equally undeniable. Some experiments confirm what we already know, others suggest a ...

Physics experiments have changed the world irrevocably, altering our reality and enabling us to take gigantic leaps in technology. From ancient times to now, here's a look at some of the greatest ...

Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles. One hundred trillion fly through your body every second, but each one has only a tiny chance of jostling one of your atoms, a consequence of the ...

A humble elevator shaft was recently used in a test of the constancy of the speed of light. Credit: Jason Wong/Flickr, CC ...

Hydrogen and helium separate at pressures and temperatures found within the gas giant Jupiter’s marbled exterior is pretty familiar territory, but it’s still not clear what happens far below the cloud ...

Cui-Zu Chang, professor of physics, has been selected as an Experimental Physics Investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore ...

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to discover new materials, but conventional data-driven approaches can ...

The next generation of dark matter detectors has arrived. A massive new effort to detect the elusive substance has reported its first results. Following a time-honored tradition of dark matter hunters ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...