An exceptionally long, thin cloud appears for a few hours each morning during Mars’s dusty season. Models of the atmosphere couldn’t explain how it develops—until now.
NOV 04, 2026
Since 2008, more than 100 colleges and universities in the US have stopped offering an undergraduate physics major. What happened?
NOV 03, 2026
A tiny levitating bead records the kicks delivered by impacts from individual gas atoms. Its jitters could become the basis for precision measurements—and searches for dark matter.
NOV 02, 2026
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NOV 02, 2026
The thermodynamic and quantum mechanical properties of topological insulators provide a path toward scalable energy storage in information-based batteries.
OCT 29, 2026
Tested in pigs, a new battery design offers a safer, more reliable alternative to standard power sources for ingestible medical devices.
OCT 27, 2026
OCT 26, 2026
Nilanjan P. Choudhury left physics for a corporate software job, then returned to it for playwriting.
OCT 23, 2026
Science’s endless frontier is a changing frontier. It requires a dynamic approach to governance, collaboration, and investment.
OCT 20, 2026
OCT 19, 2026
Protective policies, health insurance, and community are all important variables when gender-diverse scientists ask, “Where to next?”
OCT 19, 2026
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OCT 19, 2026
(10 February 1938 – 24 March 2026)
The solar physicist was a driving force behind many of the most influential scientific instruments for studying the Sun.
The solar physicist was a driving force behind many of the most influential scientific instruments for studying the Sun.
OCT 15, 2026
(20 February 1936 – 29 June 2026)
The longtime University of Washington professor advanced ultralow-temperature techniques and performed groundbreaking experiments on adsorbed films.
The longtime University of Washington professor advanced ultralow-temperature techniques and performed groundbreaking experiments on adsorbed films.
OCT 15, 2026
Classical approaches to verifying a subject’s position can be easily fooled. Quantum optics can help, but only if the systems are fast and have low loss.
OCT 06, 2026
The sweeping federal financial assistance rule proposed by the Office of Management and Budget is on hold. The reprieve may be an opportunity for the rule to fizzle.
OCT 06, 2026
His 1988 sketch of how to use Antarctic ice to detect neutrinos led to the IceCube observatory, which made the first detections of high-energy neutrinos in 2013.
OCT 06, 2026
After collecting experimental data from a replica of the renowned bell, researchers used a technique called modal analysis to model its acoustic properties.
OCT 05, 2026
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OCT 05, 2026
At the end of the turbulent 1960s, the postwar funding boom in US physics came to a crashing halt. The lessons learned then may be helpful to today’s physicists.
OCT 02, 2026
Interviews with 22 successful early-career physical scientists and engineers reveal that networking has been one of the most critical ways to nurture their careers.
SEP 30, 2026