Matin Durrani looks at the work of Abdus Salam, who was born a century ago this year.

Preetish Kakoty describes why India's only Nobel-prize-winning physicist went to Sweden on a whim

Andrew Glester reviews the film Mercy, directed by Timur Bekmambetov

Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of tribologists

We chat about the Nobel Prize in Physics in this podcast

Deciding where a prize winner is from can be tricky, but Hamish Johnston tries his best

New work could lead to improvements in organic photovoltaics

We make our prize predictions for 2026

Studies presented at the ASTRO 2026 meeting provide new evidence that could help inform radiation treatments of patients with brain metastases

A mysterious signal from a powerful gamma-ray burst may reveal how exotic particles and altered physics could let extreme radiation cross the universe

Low-energy system is simple and reusable

Launched at ASTRO 2026, the high-speed Accela platform can deliver stereotactic treatments in a single breath-hold

A novel crystallization approach boosts submerged solar cells to unprecedented stability, enabling effective conversion of filtered submarine light into sustainable underwater power

It would have been the earliest example of space weather impacting human technology, but an international team of researchers found a slight problem

Incorporating satellite measurements of water vapour isotopes into weather models can improve weather forecasts, particularly when predicting heavy rainfall

Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab

Nick Zacharopoulos, CEO of Aktina Medical, is our podcast guest

Calculations identify complicated consequences of removing a mirror

Richard de Grijs looks at how the Roman Space Telescope will change astronomy forever

Robert P Crease discovers the true extent of materials science in a dental lab

A microprobe can navigate and image smaller arteries than previously possible, helping diagnose and plan treatments for vascular diseases

Synthesizing magnetite nanoparticles directly in dye-polluted water gives them new surface chemistry that lets them adsorb different pollutants

The theory of general relativity still holds, according to new space-based and laboratory experiments

CERN’s ATLAS experiment probes the extreme universe

Manned missions to the lunar polar regions must limit the unintended transfer of Earth life forms, say scientists

Microneedle-coated polymer particles rubbed onto the skin increase the delivery of medication by up to 37-fold

The applied scientist Lin Ma is our podcast guest

Modelling points the way towards optimal designs for systems that store and release heat

Nanostructured device efficiently transforms light into different frequencies – including those at technologically important near-infrared wavelengths

A high-speed, 3D light-sheet microscope allows researchers to record seizure dynamics in larval zebrafish

Vacuum fluctuations could be a non-invasive way to tune superconductivity

Gravity from entropy theory offer hints of why low-entropy regions persist in the universe

New concept exploits both the heat of the Sun and the coldness of outer space

New analyses of MESSENGER data find that present-day magnetic field can explain most of its crustal magnetism

New finding could help create active matter with a structure that continuously reorganizes itself

Debate span atomic and particle physics

Marco Caffio, the co-founder of iGii, is our podcast guest

New work on predictability limits suggests that around 129 days is probably the maximum limit

New work will help advance the development of more reliable free-space networks

A novel graphene oxide bilayer pushes triple-junction perovskite solar cells to a milestone 27.3% efficiency with unprecedented operational longevity

An unexpected material comes to the rescue of 2D material transfer

Heavy particle could be dominated by gluons

Using a crystal as an atomic-scale interferometer enables direct visualization of local atomic arrangements

Two superconducting qubits, a metre of cable apart, have been driven into an entangled state not in spite of their environment, but by it

Study of inclusions in a primordial meteorite suggests that magnetism must be considered in simulations of planet formation, and may even be the dominant factor

Sensitive new measurements suggest that monitoring can continue even when reactors are offline

Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests

Heat and fire may have caused the mass extinction of Cretaceous creatures

Subir Sarkar finds that AI was a hot topic among the over 800 delegates

Chris Sinclair explores the plays that are bringing physics to new audiences