https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251222043243.htm
Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of quantum computers and voltage...
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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/chilling-discovery/
Oct 8, 2025 - Researchers at the Rowland Institute have pioneered a new way to achieve the coolest possible temperatures to image materials at sub-atomic scale.
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https://futurism.com/physicists-wrong-gravity
May 19, 2025 - A new theoretical proposal suggests scrapping nearly everything we think we know about gravity in order to understand the universe.
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https://www.skynightly.com/reports/FSU_physicists_discover_new_state_of_matter_in_electrons_platform_to_study_quantum_phenomena_999.html
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2025 - Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers and more, through the movement of electrons within a...
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104013012.htm
Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight explains long-standing anomalies...
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https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-physicists-found-a-way-around-a-long-standing-density-limit
Jan 8, 2026 - Experiments inside a fusion reactor in China have demonstrated a new way to circumvent one of the caps on the density of the superheated plasma swirling inside.
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm
New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that...
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https://gizmodo.com/physicists-built-a-pixel-so-small-full-hd-could-fit-on-a-bread-crumb-2000677984
Oct 28, 2025 - The pixels are small enough to pack a 1920 by 1080 resolution into a display the size of breadcrumbs.
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251226045350.htm
A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before. Researchers discovered that only the...
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https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-take-the-imaginary-numbers-out-of-quantum-mechanics-20251107/
Nov 14, 2025 - Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of...
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https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/12/nist-physicists-bring-unruly-molecules-quantum-party
Dec 22, 2025 - Molecules can serve as versatile building blocks for quantum technologies, but they are much harder to control than atoms.
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/physicists-recreated-the-first-millisecond-after-the-big-bang-and-found-it-was-surprisingly-soupy
Feb 18, 2026 - Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after the Big Bang
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https://gizmodo.com/physicists-turn-quantum-chaos-into-something-surprisingly-useful-2000704962
Jan 2, 2026 - Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further.
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https://physicsworld.com/a/the-most-beautiful-experiments-in-physics-as-chosen-by-real-physicists/
Mar 27, 2025 - What is the most beautiful experiment in physics, according to our poll of Physics World readers? Robert P Crease reports
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https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-discover-a-new-proton-magic-number/
Aug 20, 2025 - Measurements could improve our understanding of the strong nuclear force and the formation of elements
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https://www.dpg-physik.de/aktivitaeten-und-programme/wettbewerbe/gypt
Seit dem Jahr 2014 wird das Team, das Deutschland beim International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) vertritt, in einem eigenen, nationalen Wettbewerb...
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https://www.slashgear.com/2063881/fusion-energy-plasma-heat-loss-solution/
Jan 1, 2026 - A breakthrough experiment revealed how plasma turbulence spreads heat inside fusion reactors, solving a decades-old problem critical to sustained fusion power.
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https://gizmodo.com/physicists-decode-particle-dance-that-kills-electrical-conductivity-2000680939
Nov 3, 2025 - Physicists finally identified why some quantum materials seemingly lose their electrical conductivity for no reason.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505669-physicists-have-worked-out-a-universal-law-for-how-objects-shatter/
Whether it is a cube of sugar or a chunk of a mineral, a mathematical analysis can identify how many fragments of each size any brittle object will break into
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https://www.dpg-physik.de/aktivitaeten-und-programme/wettbewerbe/gpt
Das German Physicists' Tournament (GPT) ist ein landesweiter Physik-Wettbewerb für experimentierfreudige Physik- Studierende aus ganz Deutschland. Innerhalb...
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https://physicsworld.com/a/relive-the-two-decades-when-physicists-basked-in-the-afterglow-of-the-standard-model/
Sep 18, 2025 - Robert P Crease previews the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-create-long-sought-topological-quantum-states/
Feb 20, 2024 - Exotic particles called nonabelions could fix quantum computers’ error problem
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microsoft-topological-quantum-majorana
Mar 27, 2025 - Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.
physicistsmostlynewtopologicalquantum
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/physicists-3d-printed-a-christmas-tree-of-ice/
Dec 17, 2025 - New method uses no freezing technology or refrigeration equipment—just water and a vacuum.
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/physicists-push-thousands-of-atoms-to-a-schrodingers-cat-state-bringing-the-quantum-world-closer-to-reality-than-ever-before
Feb 3, 2026 - Researchers have demonstrated that a nanoparticle of 7,000 sodium atoms can act as a wave, creating a record-setting superposition.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501960-inside-the-wild-experiments-physicists-would-do-with-zero-limits/
From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by...
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https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-explain-why-some-fast-moving-droplets-stick-to-hydrophobic-surfaces/
Oct 16, 2025 - New experiments and calculations could improve aerosol and microfluidic technologies while shedding more light on airborne disease transmission
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https://cerncourier.com/a/game-on-for-physicists/
May 9, 2025 - Raphael Granier de Cassagnac discusses opportunities for particle physicists in the gaming industry.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00296-9?error=cookies_not_supported&code=e96b5f14-2b29-469d-b19b-32b65e16df74
Feb 3, 2025 - Quantum mechanics depicts a counter-intuitive reality in which the act of observation influences what is observed — and few can agree on what that means.
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https://now.tufts.edu/2025/10/24/why-does-matter-even-exist-tufts-physicists-help-uncover-clues
Tufts physicists analyze international physics experiments and find that neutrinos may have tipped the matter/antimatter balance at the beginning of the...
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/physicists-push-quantum-boundaries-by-turning-a-superfluid-into-a-supersolid-and-back-for-the-first-time
Feb 8, 2026 - Physicists saw excitons, a type of quasiparticle, undergo a reversible phase transition from superfluid to supersolid for the first time, opening new doors for...
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-mechanics-physics-turns-100
Feb 11, 2025 - Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504572-physicists-stirred-up-controversy-with-scientific-cooking-tips-in-2025/
Cacio e pepe pasta and boiled eggs were the subjects of meticulous studies aiming to help cooks achieve perfection, but the reimagined recipes weren't...
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251116105625.htm
Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum conditions. Researchers identified how...
physicistsrevealnewquantumstate
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/axion-radio-would-exploit-cold-plasmas-to-let-physicists-hear-dark-matter/
Oct 17, 2019 - Axions inside a strong magnetic field will generate a small electric field.
dark matterphysicistsproposelisteningplasma
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/spacetime-quasicrystals-universe
Feb 17, 2026 - Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat. Scientists just showed they can exist in space and time.
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https://www.sciencing.com/2041781/physicist-big-problem-star-trek-phaser/
Dec 9, 2025 - The idea behind Star Trek's phasers is mostly fiction, and modern science can't replicate everything a phaser can do, but some technology comes close.
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https://physicsworld.com/a/destroyers-of-the-world-the-physicists-who-built-nuclear-weapons/
Oct 2, 2025 - Andrew Robinson reviews Destroyer of Worlds: the Deep History of the Nuclear Age 1895–1965 by Frank Close
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https://www.sciencenews.org/century/atom-matter-neutron-nuclear-power-fusion
Mar 8, 2024 - In the past century, scientists discovered a complex world of fundamental particles and unleashed the power of the atom’s nucleus
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https://www.dpg-physik.de/aktivitaeten-und-programme/wettbewerbe/iypt
Das International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) ist ein internationaler Physik-Wettbewerb der zwischen Teams aus verschiedenen Ländern, jedes Jahr in...
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/for-the-first-time-physicists-peer-inside-the-nucleus-of-a-molecule-using-electrons-as-a-probe
A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the first time.
physicistsfoundnovelwaypeer
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-periodic-table-future-superheavy-elements
Apr 10, 2020 - The hunt for the next elements on the periodic table might turn up superheavy atoms that flaunt the rules of chemistry.
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251026021734.htm
MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop...
mitphysicistsfoundwaysee
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-extend-the-wave-nature-of-large-objects/
Sep 25, 2025 - Increasing the wave-like behaviour of nanoparticles brings fundamental quantum tests one step closer
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https://www.livescience.com/humanity-turns-earth-chaotic-climate-system
Humans aren't just making Earth warmer, they are making the climate chaotic, a stark new study suggests.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutrinos-sun-core-nuclear-fusion-reactions-borexino
Jun 24, 2020 - Researchers with the Borexino experiment in Italy have detected neutrinos produced in the secondary fusion process taking place in the sun’s core.
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https://futurism.com/science-energy/physicists-proven-living-simulation
Nov 8, 2025 - Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.
physicistssayprovenwhether
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260106224635.htm
Researchers at TU Wien have discovered a quantum system where energy and mass move with perfect efficiency. In an ultracold gas of atoms confined to a single...
physicistsbuiltperfectconductoratoms
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/did-we-just-see-black-hole-explode-physicists-umass-amherst-think-so-and-it-could
The cosmic mystery of the impossibly high-energy neutrino may have been solved by the “dark charge” model of black holes.
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https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-set-to-decide-location-for-next-generation-einstein-telescope/
Sep 11, 2025 - Ten years after the first gravitational waves were detected, the location and design for a third-generation gravitational-wave detector are being decided
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https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-apply-quantum-squeezing-to-a-nanoparticle-for-the-first-time/
Oct 14, 2025 - Demonstration could shed light on the nature of the classical-quantum transition for small objects
physicistsapplyquantumsqueezingnanoparticle
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/matter-antimatter-mismatch-baryons
Apr 1, 2025 - Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.
physicistsconfirmednewmismatchmatter
https://gizmodo.com/physicists-revive-150-year-old-knot-theory-to-explain-matter-antimatter-mystery-2000676371
Oct 23, 2025 - String theorists, this one may be for you.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/19/1128119/quantum-physicists-compress-and-deconsor-deepseekr1/
Nov 19, 2025 - They managed to cut the size of the AI reasoning model by more than half—and claim it can now answer politically sensitive questions once off limits in...
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507992-physicists-used-dark-photons-in-an-effort-to-rewrite-physics-in-2025/
A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change our understanding of...
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https://physicsworld.com/a/d-wave-systems-claims-quantum-advantage-but-some-physicists-are-not-convinced/
Mar 31, 2025 - Firm’s quantum annealer simulates magnetic phase transitions
quantum advantagewavesystemsclaimsphysicists
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/12/what-time-it-mars-nist-physicists-have-answer
Dec 11, 2025 - This calculation is necessary for future space navigation and communication networks.
timemarsnistphysicists
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-achieve-first-entangled-measurement-of-w-states/
Oct 16, 2025 - Breakthrough in Japan could pave the way for robust quantum communication and scalable networks
physicistsachievefirstentangledmeasurement
https://physicsworld.com/a/preparing-the-next-generation-of-us-physicists-for-a-quantum-future/
Mar 18, 2025 - Emily Edwards and Claudia Fracchiolla discuss challenges and opportunities in quantum education
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https://www.aapm.org/
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine is a member society concerned with the topics of medical physics, radiation oncology, imaging physics,...
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https://www.quantamagazine.org/particle-physicists-detect-magic-at-the-large-hadron-collider-20251125/
Dec 1, 2025 - The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a “magic” form of quantum entanglement.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-reactors-might-create-dark-matter-particles-physicists-show
Dec 24, 2025 - Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit.
dark matterfusionmightcreateparticles
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/microboone-results-rule-out-sterile-neutrinos/
Dec 11, 2025 - There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor."
neutrinossayphysicistsars
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cheese-rosettes-friction
May 6, 2025 - Rosettes made by scraping Tête de Moine, or “monk’s head,” cheese result from variations in the friction between the blade and the cheese.
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https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/04/21/encouraging-professional-physicists-to-engage-in-outreach-on-wikipedia/
Dr. Bill Phillips is a physicist with an extensive background in the field that spans decades. As a 1997 Nobel prize winner, Phillips has been at the helm of...
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