A plan to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere has been tested by researchers in the US. Developed by Brian Williams and colleagues at Google Research in ...

A fibrous composite foam employs the triboelectric effect and in situ electrical energy dissipation to absorb low-frequency ...

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The big names in physics to write for the volume include Martin Rees on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century; Carlo Rovelli on scientific thinking across the centuries; and ...

More than 80 papers from North America have been recognized with a Top Cited Paper award for 2024 from IOP Publishing, which publishes Physics World. The prize is given to corresponding authors who ...

Universal boundary that distinguishes effective approximate error correction codes from ineffective ones turns out to be ...

Researchers in Switzerland have created a mechanical qubit using an acoustic wave resonator, marking a significant step ...

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Another popular method is to bombard nuclei with high-energy electrons, analysing the scattering data to infer structural ...