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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 ...

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One morning in 2009, Jacqueline Tabler woke up with the solution to a laboratory problem that had been plaguing her for months. She got out of bed, grabbed her notebook, and started sketching out an ...

The brain is a mere piece of furniture in the vastness of the cosmos, subject to the same physical laws as asteroids, electrons or photons. On the surface, its three pounds of neural tissue seem to ...

A new wearable AI system watches your hands through smart glasses, guiding experiments and stopping mistakes before they happen ...

A suspended apparatus used to minimize friction during the experiment. The heavier brass cylinder and lighter ping-pong ball collide repeatedly against the transparent wall, reproducing 31 collisions ...

We think everything is an accident of physics, but a long list of experiments suggests just the opposite. Amazingly, if you add us to the equation, you can explain some of the biggest puzzles of ...

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In the battle against climate change, controversial experiments are set to take place in Britain within the next five years. The UK government's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has ...

These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...