Images are the first experimental evidence of long-predicted low-energy atomic vibrations called moiré phasons in twisted 2D ...

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The study reveals that academics in non-lab-based disciplines, such as mathematics, business, economics, sociology and ...

Largest-ever survey shows new regulations on unintended transmissions are needed, say researchers at Australia’s Curtin ...

At high temperatures and pressures, molten carbon has two options. It can crystallize into diamond and become one of the ...

New capability could make it easier to generate single pairs of entangled photons on demand using semiconductor quantum dots ...

The first precise mass measurements of an extremely short-lived and proton-rich nucleus, silicon-22, have revealed the “magic” – that is, unusually tightly bound – nature of nuclei containing 14 ...

This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics ...

Philip Moriarty reviews A Perfect Harmony: Music, Mathematics, and Science by David Darling ...

Researchers in the US are first to show how a melting ice disc can quickly propel itself across a patterned surface in a manner reminiscent of the Leidenfrost effect. Jonathan Boreyko and colleagues ...

Van Dishoeck talks about some of the key unanswered questions in astrochemistry, including how complex molecules form on the tiny specks of dust in interstellar space. We chat about the recent growth ...