It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s ...

Many layers: knife sharpness and cutting technique greatly affect the speed of droplets that are created when cutting an onion. (Courtesy: Zixuan Wu and Sunghwan “Sunny” Jung at Cornell University) ...

Best of the best Who takes the award for the top physics Nobel of the 21st century? (Courtesy: Nobel Foundation) With the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics due to be unveiled on Tuesday 7 October, Physics ...

This valuable study uses EEG and computational modeling to investigate hemispheric oscillatory asymmetries in unilateral spatial neglect. The work benefits from rare patient data and a careful ...

Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. And in the century just past, scientists have dug deep enough to discover that reality’s ...

The two keys to Edwin Hubble's breakthrough discovery were forged by others in the 1910s. The first key, the period-luminosity scale discovered by Henrietta Leavitt, allowed astronomers to calculate ...