The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents.

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world. When you purchase through links on our site ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a ...

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 ...

While many of the experiments it will conduct in the coming months are classified, the Space Force has identified space-based laser communications and quantum sensing as two of its focus areas.

The strongest magnetic fields on Earth that we can currently produce are courtesy of MagLab in Tallahassee, Florida, at their ...

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 ...