A bifocal lens that can adjust the relative intensity of its two focal points using an applied electric field has been developed by Fan Fan and colleagues at China’s Hunan University.
A consortium of universities and companies has been awarded the contract to manage and operate Fermilab, the US’s premier particle-physics facility. Yet some see little change in the DOE’s selection of Fermi Forward Discovery Group
The International Space Station is an evocative setting for Samantha Harvey’s new novel, a meditation on human relationships and our place in the universe
Richard Friend from the University of Cambridge has won the 2024 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize “for pioneering and enduring work on the fundamental electronic properties of molecular semiconductors and in their engineering development.”
Could surgical stitches do more than just hold wounds closed? Could they be designed to accelerate the healing process? Researchers have developed novel electrical sutures that speed up wound healing in rats.
Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux has spent his career using neutrinos to probe the mysteries of the universe. He spoke to Physics World about his hopes for the the next generation of neutrino experiments and recalls a moment that changed his life forever.