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Technology
Molecular antennae
Advancements in LED physics show promise for communication systems and medical diagnoses
Everyday physics
Conservation of linear momentum
From billiard balls and bullets to rockets and light, discover how a universal symmetry of nature preserves momentum everywhere.
Quantum physics
Quantum tunneling
A journey into the quantum world, where particles defy walls, probabilities rule, and tunneling powers the stars and life itself.
History of physics
Ampère's law
The law that revealed the hidden link between electricity and magnetism.
Quantum physics
Revisiting Bohr and Einstein, 100 Years On
How a modern MIT experiment answers one of the deepest questions in the Bohr–Einstein debate
Editorial
When everyone is an expert no one is an expert
The first ever editorial celebrating the launch of the Physics Capsule magazine
Quantum physics
Bohr atomic model
By stating the problem with classical physics clearly, Niels Bohr showed us a new way of looking at the micro-world.
Space
CosmoVerse: JWST suggests complexities in the Hubble constant
New data from the James Web Space Telescope has complicated our understanding of the Hubble constant
Editorial
Training artificial neural networks: the 2024 Physics Nobel
For foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
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