Why science GCSEs matter more than we think in a post‑truth age

Today, organisations such as Unesco, the UN body for education, science and culture, are grappling with how schools and universities can respond to rising misinformation and declining trust in ...

Physicists discover long-predicted 'clock magnetism' in an atomically thin crystal

Strange things happen to materials when you peel them down, layer by layer, from thick chunks all the way to sheets just an ...

Hidden crisis in Welsh schools that most parents don't realise about their children's teachers

Claire Amitstead, former headteacher of Rhyl High and now director of the Association of School and College Leaders said ...

A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, and a four-planet lineup followed in August 2025. What makes each one feel ...

The physics of squeaking sneakers

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

Physicists watch light drift in quantized steps for the first time

In physics, the classical "Hall effect," discovered in the late 19th century, describes how a transverse voltage is generated ...
Tech Xplore

Physics-aware AI algorithm uses Newton's third law to keep simulations stable

A team of EPFL researchers has developed an AI algorithm that can model complex dynamical processes while taking into account the laws of physics—using Newton's third law. Their research is published ...
Scientific American

Our solar system is surrounded by weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised ...
NPR

The physics of the Winter Olympics

Watching a ski jumper fly through the air might get you wondering, "How do they do that?" The answer is: physics! That's why this episode, we have two physicists – Amy Pope, a physicist from Clemson ...
Interesting Engineering

‘Impossible’ material: Researchers create glass-plastic hybrid that defies physics theory

A piece of compleximer can be easily bent.Wageningen University & Research Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing a brand-new ...
The Guardian

UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities

Researchers say best scientists are taking posts overseas because of lack of job stability at home Hundreds of early career researchers have warned the UK will lose a generation of scientists after ...
Science Daily

A superfluid freezes and breaks the rules of physics

Physicists have watched a quantum fluid do something once thought almost impossible: stop moving. In experiments with ultra-thin graphene, researchers observed a superfluid—normally defined by its ...