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Ahead of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics, Physics World editors recall amusing brushes with Nobel laureates past and present. Matin Durrani kicks off by remembering what it was like to interview the ...

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The Chinese government is ramping up its quest to attract non-Chinese scientists, recognizing that the country needs to foster a more collaborative approach to become truly innovative. As astronomer ...

While Japan has traditionally been one of the powerhouses of world physics, the message we got while compiling this Special Report is that the country is losing its international competitive edge.

The School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) sits within Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Applied Sciences. Its ...

Physicists have observed the Zel’dovich effect in an electromagnetic system – something that was thought to be incredibly difficult to do until now. This observation, in a simplified induction ...