You may remember the recent news that it only takes three fish to make up a school. Well now comes more vertebrata developments thanks to...

IntroductionFor all their brilliance, artificial neural networks remain as inscrutable as ever. As these networks get bigger, their abilities explode, but deciphering their inner...

A novel experimental platform known as a giant quantum vortex mimics certain behaviours of black holes, giving scientists an opportunity to observe the physics...

IntroductionEver since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists have set them apart from the rest of life. Viruses were far smaller...

By Guest Author posted 11 Apr 2024 “Quantum Particulars” is an editorial guest column featuring exclusive insights and...

IntroductionFor more than 40 years, Avi Wigderson has studied problems. But as a computational complexity theorist, he doesn’t necessarily care about the answers to...

The increasing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) isn't just a favorite for gas-conscious consumers, but also for cybercriminals who focus on using EV charging...

Nanofluidics could be used to purify water, generate energy and build nanoscale machines. But when water flows through a carbon nanotube, classical fluid mechanics...

The shortage of physics teachers in the UK has led the UK government to set up a new apprenticeship scheme that it hopes will...

The shortage of physics teachers in England has led the government to set up a new apprenticeship scheme that it hopes will help encourage...

Roughly one in 12 main-sequence binary stars may have ingested a planet at some point in its past, say astronomers in Australia. This conclusion,...