Peter Higgs's work in the 1960s contributed to the prediction of a new particle, the so-called Higgs boson

Breakthrough from the Event Horizon Telescope shows that it is now possible to experimentally study the event horizon of supermassive black holes

Nobel laureate made many contributions to physics from high-temperature superconductivity to particle physics

Physicist Kira Burt dropped out of school at 16. Now she teaches students that anyone can be a scientist.

Rachel Brazil explores ways in which the physics community can best combat unscientific thinking, such as the belief the Earth is flat

Detection of phosphine is perhaps the strongest evidence yet of life beyond Earth

Trio wins for work in attosecond science

Disciplinary bias and a stew of other prejudices helped deny the physicist Lise Meitner a share of the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Jess Wade says that recent high-profile comments that girls don’t like physics perpetuate false gender stereotypes and limit young people’s aspirations

Charles Brown, Eileen Gonzales and Xandria Quichocho outline how #BlackInPhysics week aims to boost the visibility of Black physicists

Keith Cooper investigates the discrepancies in values of the Hubble constant and asks what this might mean for cosmology

US is the big winner when it comes to attracting top physicists, while the UK has lost as many laureates as it has gained

New observations challenge established thinking on how droplets move down a fibre

Quark-matter cores likely in the most massive stars, say researchers

The CEO of UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory is our podcast guest

Louis Barson says that the COP28 deal can shine a light on the pivotal role that physics plays in developing and delivering climate solutions

Astronomers puzzled by discrepancies in the measured values of the Hubble constant

First-of-its-kind thermal switch controls the flow of heat using an electric field

With the Hubble telescope turning 30 today, try this fun Red Folder quiz on all things space

California-based start-up Vector Atomic’s iodine vapour cell clock is 100 times more precise than predecessors based on microwave frequencies

Computer simulations and electron microscopy reveal mineral’s secret

Event Horizon Telescope measures light polarization near supermassive black hole

Repulsive interaction between photons is created in ultracold gas

Scientists who suffer from a disability that occurred early in their life earn around $14,000 less per year than their colleagues

System works in minutes and is claimed to be as sensitive as PCR tests

Sun was born when the Sagittarius galaxy passed through the Milky Way

A novel technique that uses ultrasound to create objects from sonically cured inks could enable 3D printing at deep penetration depths, potentially including inside the body

Aluminium in plasma puts electrons in the right place at the right time

Renowned cosmologist inspired generations of physicists

David Reitze discusses how gravitational-wave observations are set for a multi-detector boost

What’s a nuclear reactor doing in a liberal arts curriculum, asks Robert P Crease

Recent cable failures cause 900 tonne suspended metal platform to fall onto the 305 m-wide telescope

Multiferroicity could be used to design ultralow power, high-capacity and high-speed data storage devices for classical and quantum computing

Technique could give spectroscopic studies of antimatter a boost

Astronomers have identified 14 antimatter star candidates and placed strict limits on how many "antistars" could exist in the Milky Way

Widespread scepticism in the physics community and Betteridge’s law of headlines suggest the answer is “no”, but confirmation should be swift either way

Ian Randall reviews Communications Breakdown: SF Stories about the Future of Connection edited by Jonathan Strahan

Exotic hadron does not have charm or beauty quark–antiquark pairs

Award goes to an international team led by Erik Bakkers

Robert P Crease and Gino Elia celebrate the centenary of the prediction of Bose–Einstein condensation

Landmark in quantum error correction could lead to large-scale, useful quantum computers

Fermilab result reinforces much earlier data showing a disparity with the Standard Model

Photon-based calculation is done 100 trillion times faster than on a supercomputer

Breakthrough from the Event Horizon Telescope shows that it is now possible to experimentally study the event horizon of supermassive black holes

Hypothetical objects could be observed in gravitational waves

The Acoustics 2023 Sydney conference saw researchers present novel medical applications of acoustics in healthcare

Is it the biggest neutron star, or the smallest black hole ever detected?

A demon quasiparticle, a wooden transistor and a fabric inspired by polar bears are on our list

His work led to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background

Device works across electromagnetic spectrum from terahertz to visible

Two researchers who have switched sides in this heated cosmic debate

Masatoshi Koshiba shared the 2002 Nobel prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos

Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione explore the developing field of quantum biophysics

Alessandro Strumia claimed “physics invented and built by men”

Proof-of-principle study finds that today's lasers are intense enough to generate super-strong fields from “pre-seeded” weaker ones

ATLAS experiment at CERN shatters the entanglement energy record by 12 orders of magnitude

New device offers 16 levels for synaptic connections

Nine other achievements are highly commended in the Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2018

Jim Baggott looks into the ideas about quantum mechanics that were put forth by physicist John Bell 30 years ago, and what’s changed since

In this podcast we look at issues surrounding two emerging technologies

Radiotherapy equipment maker Elekta has put access to quality care in underserved regions at the heart of its strategic growth plan

Smart glasses that incorporate acoustic touch show promise as a sensory aid for blind people

Jemima Coleman and Wendy Sadler say that science magazines have a responsibility to ensure that science is accessible and inclusive for all

Scattering-invariant modes of light are transmitted through a disordered medium in the same way as through homogeneous space

A space plasma hurricane made of swirling plasma has been detected over the Earth’s polar ionosphere

This year’s winners bring hope to people with spinal-cord injuries