Physics World

Physics World is the official magazine for members of the Institute of Physics, a leading organization in the field of physics globally. This monthly publication focuses on various topics within both pure and applied physics and is intended for physicists involved in research, industry, education, and outreach efforts around the world.

Trade/B2B

English

Magazine

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#156734

United States

#106719

Science and Education/Physics

#51

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

Micronozzle could give laser-driven particle accelerators a boost – Physics World

3 days ago | physicsworld.com | Tim Wogan

Proton energies achievable in laser accelerators could be tripled by using specially designed micronozzle targets, according to computer simulations done by physicists in Japan and India. In their design, the electric field generated in the micronozzle would be funnelled towards the outgoing protons, allowing the acceleration to proceed for much longer. The researchers believe that the research could be useful in nuclear fusion, hadron therapy and materials science.
Conflicting measurements of helium’s charge radius may be reconciled by new calculations – Physics World

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Tim Wogan

Independent measurements of the charge radius of the helium-3 nucleus using two different methods have yielded significantly different results – prompting a re-evaluation of underlying theory to reconcile them. The international CREMA Collaboration used muonic helium-3 ions to determine the radius, whereas a team in the Netherlands used a quantum-degenerate gas of helium-3 atoms.
Simulation of capsule implosions during laser fusion wins Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Outstanding Paper Prize – Physics World

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Michael Banks

Computational physicist Jose Milovich of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and colleagues have been awarded the 2025 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (PPCF) Outstanding Paper Prize for their computational research on capsule implosions during laser fusion.
Helgoland: leading scientists reflect on 100 years of quantum physics and look to the future – Physics World

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Last week, Physics World’s Matin Durrani boarded a ferry in Hamburg that was bound for Helgoland – an archipelago in the North Sea about 70 km off the north-west coast of Germany.
Astronomers capture spectacular ‘thousand colour’ image of the Sculptor Galaxy – Physics World

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Michael Banks

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have created a thousand colour image of the nearby Sculptor Galaxy. First discovered by Carloine Herschel in 1783 the spiral galaxy lies 11 million light-years away and is one of the brightest galaxies in the sky.
US astronomy facing 'extinction level' event following Trump's 2026 budget request – Physics World

1 week ago | physicsworld.com | Peter Gwynne

US president Trump sets out his budget request for 2026, which if passed, will see science hit like never before, as Peter Gwynne reports The administration of US president Donald Trump has proposed drastic cuts to science that would have severe consequence for physics and astronomy if passed by the US Congress. The proposal could involve the cancellation of one of the twin US-based gravitational-wave detectors as well as the axing of a proposed next-generation ground-based telescope and a...
Exploring careers in healthcare for physicists and engineers – Physics World

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Hamish Johnston

In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast we explore the career opportunities open to physicists and engineers looking to work within healthcare – as medical physicists or clinical engineers. Physics World’s Tami Freeman is in conversation with two early-career physicists working in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
'The Trump uncertainty principle' is destroying the position and momentum of US science – Physics World

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Robert P. Crease

Robert P Crease believes the Trump administration isn’t just punishing US science – it’s destroying it The Heisenberg uncertainty principle holds things together. Articulated by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg almost a century ago, it remains the foundation of the physical world. Its name suggests the rule of the vague and temporary. But the principle is quantitative. A high uncertainty about the position of, say, an electron is compensated by a low uncertainty in its momentum. The...
Generative AI speeds medical image analysis without impacting accuracy – Physics World

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Tami Freeman

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great potential for a range of data-intensive healthcare tasks: detecting cancer in diagnostic images, segmenting images for adaptive radiotherapy and perhaps one day even fully automating the radiation therapy workflow. Now, for the first time, a team at Northwestern Medicine in Illinois has integrated a generative AI tool into a live clinical workflow to draft radiology reports on X-ray images.
There’s an elephant in the room at the Royal Society – and for once, it’s not (just) Elon Musk – Physics World

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

Just over a week ago, US President Donald Trump released a budget proposal that would, if enacted, eviscerate science research across the country. Among other cuts, it proposes a 57% drop (relative to 2024) in funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), which provides the lion’s share of government support for basic science. Within this, the NSF’s physics and mathematics directorate stands to lose more than a billion dollars, or 67% of its funding.