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 ...

From levitating magnets to mind-bending psychology studies, these ten experiments reveal just how surprising - and mysterious ...

In this fascinating experiment, we delve into the world of science by pitting a powerful magnet against a simple needle.

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ...

The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect that has applications in ...

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the ...

Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles. One hundred trillion fly through your body every second, but each one has only a tiny chance of jostling one of your atoms, a consequence of the ...

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

Though the principle is not violated, a new way of fudging its restrictions could lead to improvements in ultra-precise ...

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