How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That’s Google’s $5 million question

Reducing computational time for optimisation could save energy, reducing carbon footprint of many computers

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Three awarded for work on extremely short light pulses to better study electrons

The research can have applications in the field of medicine, semiconductor technology 

Nobel in Physics for men who defined time

David Wineland and Serge Haroche awarded

How scientists solved a centuries-old mystery

UK scientists discovered a rare form of star collision

Maths, physics not compulsory to study engineering: Experts differ with AICTE

Some are critical, while others believe the idea is not a bad one

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush — here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers

Aerosol particles containing pathogens are important human disease vectors

Pacific garbage patch: scientists find a way to nail ocean polluters

Five major ocean garbage patches identified

Tiny water-walking bugs provide scientists with insights on how microplastics are pushed underwater

Studying how small particles and organisms disperse in water could help scientists figure out how to prevent and mediate microplastic pollution. &…

How 535 new fast radio bursts can help answer deep questions about the universe

Every newly captured event is allowing astrophysicists to learn more about weird cosmic phenomena; some astronomers have begun to use fast radio …

2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes: An astrophysicist explains trailblazing discoveries

At the singularity, our conceptions of space, time and matter fall apart; resolving this issue is perhaps the biggest open problem in theoretical …

Physicists hunt for superconductors that can revolutionise world’s energy system

Superconductors can address the problem of unwanted heat produced from electrical energy. But there is a rider: they operate at ultra-low …

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries on exotic states of matter

Their discoveries have brought about breakthroughs in the theoretical understanding of matter’s mysteries

Bibha Chowdhuri – celebrating a forgotten life in physics

Despite working with some of the leading lights of the physics fraternity in India and abroad, Chowdhuri remains an unsung hero of Indian science.

Interest in Physics research low among students in sub-Saharan Africa

Lack of encouragement, low awareness about career paths and professional opportunities are key obstacles

New physics: Latest results from Cern further boost tantalising evidence

The standard model is the most successful scientific theory ever written down, and yet, we know it must be incomplete

Nobel Prize for physics honours scientists for work on neutrino metamorphosis

Takaaki Kajita of the University of Tokyo in Japan and Arthur B McDonald of Queen’s University in Canada received the honours 

Three-body problem needs real, and not artificial solution

The equation that has confounded mathematicians for over 300 years needs an elegant and beautiful solution, not something where the end is there …

A lesson on acceptance: It has been half a decade since we lost Stephen Hawking

Without acceptance, the great theoretical physicist and cosmologist may not have uncovered the cosmic mysteries that he did

Gravitational waves detection: Will this signal a new era in understanding the universe?

Detection of gravitational waves can explain why there was a sudden enlargement of the universe, called inflation, in the wee hours of the …

My PhD supervisor just won the Nobel prize in physics — here’s how his research on complex systems changed science

I am pleasantly surprised that the field of complex systems, which is quietly pushing at the frontier of theoretical research in physics, has …

Scientists have come closest to confirming a new fundamental force

The Muon g-2 experiment demonstrates that an unknown force or sub-atomic particle is at play 

Relevance of Srinivasa Ramanujan: the man who knew infinity

December 22 is the birth anniversary of Ramanujan and observed as National Mathematics Day

Quantum computers: how they work

Scientists are achieving major breakthroughs in the construction of computers that will function in a totally new way

The passing of scientific threads

India lost two eminent scientists last fortnight. While Yash Pal was a scientific communicator par excellence, P M Bhargava laid the foundation …

Google and IBM are at odds over 'quantum supremacy' — an expert explains what it really means

Quantum computers can perform very difficult calculations much faster than anything possible on conventional “classical” computers