Year in Physics
2024 selections
“Glitches” of rapidly spinning neutron star pulsars can be a source of gravitational waves(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Caption: An illustration of a pulsar neutron star’s interior erupting through its crust Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ S. Wiessinger
Improving fingerprint detection with carbon-coated nanoparticles(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Hybrid Advances Caption: Powders from new nanomaterial can produce highly detailed fingerprint images Credit: Photo by George Prentzas(opens in new tab/window) on Unsplash(opens in new tab/window)
Improving Maglev performance with machine learning(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Caption: Measuring levitation and lateral forces Credit: Erkan Ozkat
New Chemical Synthesis Technique Could Improve Solar Cell Efficiency(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Organic Electronics
Caption: The polyelectrolyte layer (PFN-NDI) exchanges ions with its surroundings Credit: Joo Hyun Kim
Einstein’s other theory of gravity could have the recipe to relieve ‘Hubble trouble’(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Physics of the Dark Universe
Caption: An illustration of distant quasar, supermassive black hole-powered objects that can be used to constrain the parameters of theories of gravity Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Black holes created in mergers carry information about their ancestors(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Caption: A swirling black hole that hides within the characteristics of the black holes that merged to create it Credit: Robert Lea
Squeezing Schrödinger’s cat may increase quantum sensitivity(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Physics Open
Caption: Neither dead nor alive or maybe both, Schrödinger's cat floats in space, waiting for its box to open and its fate to manifest Credit: Robert Lea
2023 selections
A new approach to classifying supernovae could create a “cosmic library” of their explosions(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Astronomy and Computing
Modelling two-qubit systems could help perfect error correction in quantum computers(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Annals of Physics
New physics revealed by measuring cosmic rays as they bombard Earth(opens in new tab/window) Research published in Astronomy and Computing
2022 selections
Understanding traversable wormholes at the heart of dark matter halos(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Measuring the one-way speed of light on Earth(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Open
Modelling gravitational waves in non-flat spacetime(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Designing a better micron bubble dressing for doggy dermatitis(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Applied Surface Science Advances
Investigating the mysteries of supercooled water(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids X
Using biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Assessing effects of radiation and mitochondrial defects on cancer risk(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Characterising biomarkers for bone health assessment(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Photoacoustics
Understanding the matter inside neutron stars(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
Research published in Physics Open
Research published in Results in Physics
2021 selections
Cosmic voids could reshape gravitational lenses(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Sterilising insects using X-rays(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Leptoquarks and the physics beyond the Standard Model(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Nuclear Physics B
A quantum approach to a singularity problem(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Nuclear Physics B
Black holes could have ‘hair’ after all(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics of the Dark Universe
A step closer to the mass of dark matter(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics letters B
The hunt for dark matter particles(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
A new challenger to current cosmological models(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
Research published in Physics Open
Modelling quantum systems with a quantum computer(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Open
Research published in Physics Open
Novel endoscope could be used for deep brain stimulation(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Photoacoustics
Beyond skyrmions: Alternative information carriers for spintronics(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
Muons’ strange behaviour can’t be explained by current physics(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
Investigating the high-energy frontier with future particle accelerators(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Seeing deeper with atmospheric muons: From archaeology to geology(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Reviews in Physics
2020 selections
Assessing the viability of small modular nuclear reactors(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Open
How star formation is ‘quenched’ in galaxies(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in New Astronomy
An early dark energy model could solve an expanding cosmological conundrum(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in New Astronomy
COVID-19: The peril of asymptomatic spread(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
Double or nothing? The quest to observe Higgs boson pairs(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Secrets of the Universe’s most powerful and explosive events(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
‘Bouncing’ gravity could cure cosmology’s singularity headache(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Cosmic ray spectra may not be ‘one size fits all’(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Solving the quantum conundrum: Uniting quantum and classical physics(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Melting heavy quarkonium in extreme conditions(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
Probing the mysteries of dark matter with binary pulsars(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics of the Dark Universe
Research published in Annals of Physics
Traversable wormholes could be more than science fiction(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Wheels sink differently on the moon(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Results in Physics
A new family of qubits(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Muons could be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the Universe(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Reviews in Physics
The Higgs boson quest ain't over till it is over(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Report
Terraforming Mars requires a new framework(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Life Sciences in Space Research
Fractal geometry could help us find aliens(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Results in Physics
Solving the mystery of universal expansion with the Hubble bubble(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
Answer to the dark matter question may lie through the Higgs portal(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
Rewriting quantum mechanics(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Open
Aerosol particles and their effect on the environment(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Photoacoustics
Probing ultra-strong magnetic fields with ALICE(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
Energy detectors: The past, present and future of astronomy(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in New Astronomy Reviews
2019 selections
Singularities, Black Holes and Baby Universes: The Legacy of Stephen Hawking(opens in new tab/window) The great theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will be remembered for his indomitable courage through disability and his commitment to science communication and education, but his ground-breaking research is his greatest legacy.
When relativity meets quantum chaos(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Open
Neutron star mergers, precious metals and the future of astronomy(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Annals of Physics
Searching for physics beyond the standard model at the LHC(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Laser pulses can measure the health of body tissues(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Photoacoustics
Is our universe ‘fine-tuned’ for life?(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Reports
Processing particle collisions in real time(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Computer Physics Communications
Optimising photodiodes at high temperatures(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Results in Physics
Monitoring microbes with a simple thermometer(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics in Medicine
An expanding cyclic universe(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
Artificial intelligence can help analyse crystal structures(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Ultramicroscopy
Classifying galaxies with AI and 'people power(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physics Letters B
My shell is bigger than yours(opens in new tab/window)
Research published in Physica A