Hui Khee Looe (right) is Deputy Head of the Department of Medical Physics, University Clinic for Medical Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection, Pius Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany, and holds a PhD ...

The Hottest Field in Physics Is Ultracold An ultracold plasma of 26,000 beryllium ions fluoresces when hit by a laser pulse.

What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with which they ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

The prediction of the mass-bestowing Higgs field and the famous particle that goes with it has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. The Nobel committee selected Peter Higgs of the University of ...

The field of condensed matter physics explores the macroscopic and microscopic properties of matter. Condensed Matter physicists study how matter arises from a large number of interacting atoms and ...

What Does The Future Look Like for Physics? The future is bright for the field of physics with projected growth of 7 percent from 2023 to 2033, faster than average for all other occupations according ...

Seventy years ago, in Osmond Laboratory on Penn State's University Park campus, Erwin W. Müller, Evan Pugh Research Professor ...