Physics News Stories

News articles about cosmology, astrophysics, electricity, energy, forces, gravity, light and maths...

28 September 2022

Blood oxygen levels may soon be measured in the comfort of your own home using a personal smartphone.

22 March 2022

A fabric ear containing special fibres that detect sound

25 February 2022

Time and Space are linked, and gravity bends both. Now we can measure the Earth bending time over just 1 mm...

24 February 2022

Birds certainly don't need a GPS system to get home

23 February 2022

Flights aboard the "Vomit Comet" reveal oxygen production might be less efficient on the Moon...

12 November 2021

A new milestone in nuclear fusion research was achieved at the largest laser facility in the world.

15 February 2020

Moving data at 100 gigabytes per second: that's 25 movies in under a second...

19 November 2019

This interactive display uses sound to produce 3D video and audio...

18 October 2019

Twisting and untwisting fibres could become the mechanism for more environmentally friendly fridges...

14 August 2019

A new compound could lead to less flammable batteries

09 July 2019

No mua aliens: alien technology is not a viable explanation for Oumuamua

23 June 2019

How rising Antarctic winds are boosting ocean temperatures...

30 March 2019

New study yields insight into the structure of a peculiar class of sub-atomic particles known as pentaquarks.

01 March 2019

An injection of nanoparticles to the retina allows mice to see infrared light.

07 December 2018

‘Nano-tweezers’ create electric fields capable of trapping single molecules and extracting them from living cells.

16 November 2018

A galaxy in the early universe feeds off its smaller neighbours...

18 October 2018

Four gas giants form from the dust of a junior star...

28 September 2018

Will we ever know how prime numbers are distributed along the number line?

15 June 2018

A low-cost large-scale industrial process that captures atmospheric carbon dioxide and converts it to low-carbon fuels...

25 May 2018

A sustainable world powered entirely by renewable energy sources is viable, according to a new study from scientists in...

17 May 2018

Using data gathered by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Satellite (GRACE) from 2002 to 2016, a team at NASA Goddard...

09 February 2018

Or do we have to choose?

21 November 2017

New results shed light on excess positrons.