The Norwegian-born condensed-matter physicist Ivar Giaever, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973, died on 20 June at the age of 96. In the late 1950s, Giaever made pioneering progress in the ...

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Alternative deterministic interpretation generally predicts the same results as standard theories – but maybe not this time ...

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Optimizing the geometric parameters of polymer nanoantenna arrays significantly improves the performance of optical ...

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To avoid this restriction, which is known as vignetting, Cui explains that the team separated the two lenses and inserted a Keplerian telescope between them. “This ‘telescope-within-a-microscope’ ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage More than 300 top quantum physicists gathered ...

A physicist from Vilnius University in Lithuania has created a 3D-printed replica of the Sorbonne Chapel so small it fits on ...

An ultrathin implant that delivers stimulation directly to the spinal cord significantly improved motion and sensation in injured rats ...

A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

This podcast features Francesca Doddato, co-author of “Towards a fully inclusive environment for disabled people in STEMM” ...