Scientists to Use Earth Itself as a Giant Sensor in Hunt for New Physics

Far above Earth, scientists are using quantum sensors to listen for the faintest whispers of unseen forces that may weave through the universe. Scientists are constantly searching for new clues about ...
SpaceNews

$3M Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics goes to supergravity investigators

The Selection Committee of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics today announced a $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics shared between theorists Sergio Ferrara (CERN), ...
Forbes

Five Discoveries In Fundamental Physics That Came As Total Surprises

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When you're taught the scientific method, you think of a neat procedure ...
SpaceNews

Astronomers Gain Clues About Fundamental Physics

An international team of astronomers has looked at something very big — a distant galaxy — to study the behavior of things very small — atoms and molecules — to gain vital clues about the fundamental ...
PBS

Prize Without Proof? Yuri Milner’s Fundamental Physics Prize

The Nobel Prize may be the most prestigious award in science, but the new Fundamental Physics Prize is by far the world’s most lucrative scientific award, instantly making its first winners this ...
Symmetry Magazine

Building up the African physics community

Since 2010, the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications has provided education to hundreds of students. From a young age, Yves Kini has been passionate about physics. But growing up in ...
The Economist

Fundamental physics is frustrating physicists

DEEP in a disused zinc mine in Japan, 50,000 tonnes of purified water held in a vast cylindrical stainless-steel tank are quietly killing theories long cherished by physicists. Since 1996, the ...
Science Daily

Fundamental physics of diesel engines studied

Researchers are working to study the fundamental physics of diesel engines. Understanding the fundamentals could lead to better engine performance, fuel economy and power. The compression-ignition, ...