Physics

Landfill is both ugly and polluting. But a new breed of technology promises to make it a thing of the past,...

Flying has become a vital part of our lives. In the one hundred years since the Wright Brothers first took to the air,...

The recent discovery of two neutron stars colliding brings us one step closer to understanding how heavier elements,...

Recently, emergence has been helping to explain consciousness and free will.

How did we find out what lurks inside the atom?

An international league of scientists is kicking off the decades-long process of developing the successor to the Large...

Before the introduction of the electric chair, there were numerous accidental deaths from electric shock, but it wasn’t...

We slice open an LED light bulb to see how they work and why we need them.

Renewable energy systems must rely on better, more powerful energy storage systems if the industry wants to become...

Have you ever thought about the possibility of several parallel worlds? What if there is a doppelganger of yourself...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s biggest particle smasher, stands a good chance of discovering the elusive...

by 2050, over 20% of all electricity could be provided by photovoltaics.

As the clocks go back, and we descend into winter darkness, Laura Brooks investigates some light based technologies.

Can you use maths to help find your keys? An extract from a new book about the maths of our everyday lives...

Street lights may seem just part of the mundane backdrop of life, but many firms have been devising exciting ideas for...

What do two separate fields of science say regarding the existence of free will?

Scientists are now working to make sense of what it means not only for their research but also for our understanding of...

European researchers are helping humans get to Mars by developing faster engines, solar forecasts and better shielding.

Various fields of physics predict we might live in a "multiverse"...

Researchers are getting ready to test a tobacco-powered aeroplane thanks to a new bio jet fuel...

The world you can see around you is just a tiny slice of the Universe, will we ever find the rest of the cake?

Galaxies aren’t as massive as computer simulations suggest they should be...

100 years ago, Einstein's theory of general relativity changed the world. Before that though, came special...

Does symmetry lie at the route of all modern theories?