The 2025 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics took place in Marseille from 7 to 11 July.

Physics experiments have changed the world irrevocably, altering our reality and enabling us to take gigantic leaps in technology. From ancient times to now, here's a look at some of the greatest ...

In June 2025, physicists met at Saariselkä, Finland, to discuss recent progress in the field of ultra-peripheral collisions.

The most beautiful experiment in physics, according to a poll of Physics World readers, is the interference of single electrons in a Young’s double slit. Robert P Crease reports Simply beautiful – the ...

How physics moves from wild ideas to actual experiments Science often accommodates audacious proposals. Matt von Hippel – Nov 25, 2024 4:00 AM | 28 ...

The double-slit experiment was designed to investigate whether light is a wave or a particle. It is one of the most famous and weirdest experiments in physics.

A new experiment has broken the known rules of physics, hinting at a mysterious, unknown force that has shaped our universe ...

This experiment looks for axions, a particle which was proposed to solve a major problem in particle physics: why neutrons, although composed of smaller charged particles called quarks, do not ...

Chemical Physics Kapteyn-Murnane Group May 11, 2016 We develop new ultrafast laser and x-ray sources as part of our research in optical science, and we apply these light sources for new experiments in ...

Experiment with non-Newtonian fluids, like ketchup and Oobleck, to determine how they react to shear stress.