Today’s video shows red blood cells flowing through a capillary network in a rat’s skeletal muscle. At this resolution, our eyes can follow the paths of individual red blood cells squeezing through each capillary, as well as the faster blur …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What makes us tip? A new study explores two main motives: genuine appreciation for the service and conformity with social norms. Those who truly value the service tend to tip above the standard rate, while conformists …
A few quick math/physics items (OK, mostly math…): Contributions to next year’s ICM have already been written up by many speakers, and posted on the arXiv. Try this link to find them. There’s a wonderful new result from Kevin Costello …
John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum tunneling, one of many strange aspects of quantum mechanics. Clarke shared the prize with …
Welcome back fellow adventurers! Last month we shared our recommendations for about half of the classes in Dungeons & Dragons, and now we’re here to share the rest of them. Whether you’re a noble paladin laying down the law or …
Applications now OPEN. It’s once again time for the Cardiff University Physics Summer School ! This extremely popular 3-day non-residential programme is aimed at AS students who are considering pursuing a physics degree. This years free event will take place …
An alternative to massive particle colliders, the approach could reveal insights into the universe’s starting ingredients. Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom’s nucleus, using the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule. …
Prologue Someone who shows interest in science is initially a welcome development. So are fresh ideas from unexpected quarters. In contrast, there is a scientific community that is meticulously organized down to the last detail, allowing little to no external …
October 21, 2025• Physics 18, s138 A new approach stores and retrieves quantum states with record reliability, paving the way for improved quantum information processing. Quantum memory is crucial for both quantum communication and quantum computing. But until now, uncontrollable …
I judge a bookstore by the number of Diana Wynne Jones novels it stocks. The late British author wrote some of the twentieth century’s most widely lauded science-fiction and fantasy (SFF). She clinched more honors than I should list, including …