Year in Physics
2024 selections
Cleaning microscopic debris from laser-patterned surfacesopens in new tab/window Research published in Applied Surface Science
Caption: Schematic showing cleaning with wet-chemical processing Credit: Alexander Breul
Improving performance in solid-state lithium-ion batteriesopens in new tab/window Research published in Solid State Ionics
Caption: Charging a solid-state battery Credit: Shirley Reis
Single-photon detectors from superconducting aluminium nanostripsopens in new tab/window Research published in Superconductivity
Credit: Hui Zhou Caption: Illustration of the detection process in an SNSPD
Could the Amaterasu particle be a magnetic monopole?opens in new tab/window Research published in Physics Letters B
Credit: Utagawa Kunisada Public Domain Caption: Amaterasu, Sun Goddess namesake of the mysterious particleopens in new tab/window
Extending fruit shelf life with sustainable nanofibre coatingsopens in new tab/window Research published in Hybrid Advances
Caption: An unprotected and a coated orange after 13 days. Credit: Poornima Vijayan
Coordinating risk assessments for radiation in outer spaceopens in new tab/window Research published in Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik
Caption: Astronauts are highly vulnerable to cosmic radiation. Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licensed. Credit: NASA
Combining graphene and nanodiamonds for better microplasma devicesopens in new tab/window Research published in Fundamental Plasma Physics
Caption: Combining nanodiamonds with laser-induced graphene. Credit: K J Sankaran
Modelling hydrogen fuel tanks for heavy-duty trucksopens in new tab/window Research published in Cryogenics
Caption: Refuelling a hydrogen vehicle, Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) licensed Credit: Ogidya
Cells grown in microgravity show 3D structures that could be used in medicineopens in new tab/window Research published in Life Sciences in Space Research
Caption: An illustration shows an astronaut on the Artemis III mission planned for 2026. Credit: NASAopens in new tab/window
Agricultural waste could help to clean polluted wateropens in new tab/window Research published in Applied Surface Science Advances Caption: Rice husks are a natural biosorbent Credit: Green (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Investigating plasma deviations inside nuclear fusion reactorsopens in new tab/window Research published in Fundamental Plasma Physics
Caption: Plasma confined inside a tokamak Credit: Xiang Gao et. al. This file has been extracted from another file, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85521357opens in new tab/window
“Glitches” of rapidly spinning neutron star pulsars can be a source of gravitational wavesopens 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 nanoparticlesopens in new tab/window Research published in Hybrid Advances Caption: Powders from new nanomaterial can produce highly detailed fingerprint images Credit: Photo by George Prentzasopens in new tab/window on Unsplashopens in new tab/window
Improving Maglev performance with machine learningopens 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 Efficiencyopens 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 ancestorsopens 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 sensitivityopens 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 explosionsopens in new tab/window Research published in Astronomy and Computing
Modelling two-qubit systems could help perfect error correction in quantum computersopens in new tab/window Research published in Annals of Physics
New physics revealed by measuring cosmic rays as they bombard Earthopens in new tab/window Research published in Astronomy and Computing
2022 selections
Understanding traversable wormholes at the heart of dark matter halosopens in new tab/window
Research published in Annals of Physics
Measuring the one-way speed of light on Earthopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Open
Modelling gravitational waves in non-flat spacetimeopens in new tab/window
Research published in Annals of Physics
Designing a better micron bubble dressing for doggy dermatitisopens in new tab/window
Research published in Applied Surface Science Advances
Investigating the mysteries of supercooled wateropens in new tab/window
Research published in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids X
Using biomarkers for the early detection of breast canceropens in new tab/window
Research published in Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Assessing effects of radiation and mitochondrial defects on cancer riskopens in new tab/window
Research published in Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Characterising biomarkers for bone health assessmentopens in new tab/window
Research published in Photoacoustics
Understanding the matter inside neutron starsopens 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 lensesopens in new tab/window
Research published in Astroparticle Physics
Sterilising insects using X-raysopens in new tab/window
Research published in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Leptoquarks and the physics beyond the Standard Modelopens in new tab/window
Research published in Nuclear Physics B
A quantum approach to a singularity problemopens in new tab/window
Research published in Nuclear Physics B
Black holes could have ‘hair’ after allopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics of the Dark Universe
A step closer to the mass of dark matteropens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics letters B
The hunt for dark matter particlesopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
A new challenger to current cosmological modelsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
Research published in Physics Open
Modelling quantum systems with a quantum computeropens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Open
Research published in Physics Open
Novel endoscope could be used for deep brain stimulationopens in new tab/window
Research published in Photoacoustics
Beyond skyrmions: Alternative information carriers for spintronicsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Reports
Muons’ strange behaviour can’t be explained by current physicsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Reports
Investigating the high-energy frontier with future particle acceleratorsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Seeing deeper with atmospheric muons: From archaeology to geologyopens in new tab/window
Research published in Reviews in Physics
2020 selections
Assessing the viability of small modular nuclear reactorsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Open
How star formation is ‘quenched’ in galaxiesopens in new tab/window
Research published in New Astronomy
An early dark energy model could solve an expanding cosmological conundrumopens in new tab/window
Research published in New Astronomy
COVID-19: The peril of asymptomatic spreadopens in new tab/window
Research published in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
Double or nothing? The quest to observe Higgs boson pairsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Secrets of the Universe’s most powerful and explosive eventsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Reports
‘Bouncing’ gravity could cure cosmology’s singularity headacheopens 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 physicsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Annals of Physics
Melting heavy quarkonium in extreme conditionsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Reports
Probing the mysteries of dark matter with binary pulsarsopens 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 fictionopens in new tab/window
Research published in Annals of Physics
Wheels sink differently on the moonopens in new tab/window
Research published in Results in Physics
A new family of qubitsopens 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 Universeopens in new tab/window
Research published in Reviews in Physics
The Higgs boson quest ain't over till it is overopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Report
Terraforming Mars requires a new frameworkopens in new tab/window
Research published in Life Sciences in Space Research
Fractal geometry could help us find aliensopens in new tab/window
Research published in Results in Physics
Solving the mystery of universal expansion with the Hubble bubbleopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
Answer to the dark matter question may lie through the Higgs portalopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Reports
Rewriting quantum mechanicsopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Open
Aerosol particles and their effect on the environmentopens in new tab/window
Research published in Photoacoustics
Probing ultra-strong magnetic fields with ALICEopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
Energy detectors: The past, present and future of astronomyopens in new tab/window
Research published in New Astronomy Reviews
2019 selections
Singularities, Black Holes and Baby Universes: The Legacy of Stephen Hawkingopens 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 chaosopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Open
Neutron star mergers, precious metals and the future of astronomyopens in new tab/window
Research published in Annals of Physics
Searching for physics beyond the standard model at the LHCopens in new tab/window
Research published in Reviews in Physics
Laser pulses can measure the health of body tissuesopens 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 timeopens in new tab/window
Research published in Computer Physics Communications
Optimising photodiodes at high temperaturesopens in new tab/window
Research published in Results in Physics
Monitoring microbes with a simple thermometeropens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics in Medicine
An expanding cyclic universeopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
Artificial intelligence can help analyse crystal structuresopens in new tab/window
Research published in Ultramicroscopy
Classifying galaxies with AI and 'people poweropens in new tab/window
Research published in Physics Letters B
My shell is bigger than yoursopens in new tab/window
Research published in Physica A