Physics

7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (574+ words) Princeton will lead one of three new Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, U.S. National Science Foundation sponsored interdisciplinary centers focused on advancing quantum research, the NSF announced this August. The NSF award grants Princeton’s QLCI $27.9 million across the next five years to…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (638+ words) State officials, University of Maryland leaders and quantum research representatives celebrated the opening of the Microsoft Quantum Research Center in the university’s Discovery District Tuesday. The lab is the latest step in the state’s Capital of Quantum initiative, launched in…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (665+ words) In November 2026, scientists, politicians and diplomats from all over the world will meet at the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, Germany, to highlight the most impactful scientific breakthroughs of the year. Boise State Assistant Professor Konrad Meister will join…...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1499+ words) | by Tim Ventura | Predict | Sep, 2026 Medium Eugene Podkletnov’s Four Experiments in Gravity Control What began as a quality-control test for superconducting ceramics led Dr. Eugene Podkletnov into a series of experiments involving weight loss, gold-coated rotating disks, high-voltage impulses, and…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (700+ words) With new episodes premiering regularly, the show has made waves on YouTube, as its long-form videos and Shorts regularly accumulate more than 100,000 views. We sat down with Nadia Petschek Rawls and Brensberger to discuss the return of What the Physics?!,…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (730+ words) Until now, interpreting signals from groups of quantum sensors has been like trying to hear a whisper in a crowded room where everyone speaks at a different volume. This work disentangles those varying sensitivities, allowing accurate extraction of environmental noise…...

21+ hour, 1+ min ago   (258+ words) Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a light-sensitive material from which they can produce tiny, coloured light-emitting pixels - potential building blocks for particularly small and sharp screens. Screens are becoming ever smaller and increasingly sharper. This can be seen, for…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (728+ words) Somewhere today, sensitive encrypted information taken from a government agency, business, or critical infrastructure operator may already be sitting in an adversary’s archive. They may not be able to read it yet. They may simply be waiting for the technology…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (195+ words) image: Red-dyed droplets of varying sizes line up along a crease in a soft, rubber-like substrate in Syracuse University professor Anupam Pandey's lab. Smaller droplets stop short of the fold, while larger ones cross it — a visible demonstration of the…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (227+ words) Lorna Brigham is a Scientific Editor at IOP Publishing. She holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and completed her PhD at the University of Sussex, where she specialised in photovoltaic materials. Lorna joined the Reports on Progress in Physics journal…...