Like its theme, “digestion,” the 35th Ig Nobel prizes will make you laugh and think hard to digest the meaning of all the ...

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were able to observe ...

In a study published in Reports on Progress in Physics, researchers have achieved device-independent characterization of ...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this ...

Discover the physics behind stamps sticking to envelopes, from fundamental forces to Van der Waals interactions, explained ...

Research from the Institute of Physics discovered that 58 per cent of UK university physics departments expect to scrap some degree courses within the next two years, and 26 per cent anticipate their ...

The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

Researchers find that a photon can spend a negative amount of time in an excited atomic state while passing through a cloud ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Elizabeth Pasatembou and Dimitrie Cielecki discuss their experience of doing science policy engagement during their PhDs ...

The move is to address a shortage of teachers in maths, chemistry, physics, technology, computing and Irish medium education.

Matthew King loves it when the wheels start turning for a kid – both the metaphoric mental wheels and the very literal one ...