Issues

Evidence from clusters and elsewhere suggests that the universe’s accelerated expansion is driven by something that behaves like Einstein’s cosmological constant.

Leaflike sheets, wormy ropes, and helical filaments are just some of the shapes that can emerge, under the right conditions, from inorganic compounds.

From faulty products to murder, physicists help figure out what really happened.

Smaller, cheaper accelerators promise to make proton radiation therapy available to more cancer patients.

Leading European synchrotron also approves a seven-year upgrade.

Is digitizing astronomical photographic plates worth the time and money?

Alberta’s petroleum reserves are comparable to Saudi Arabia’s, but accessing that oil poses challenges in the physics of fluids and particulates.

When interpreting experimental results, context is everything. The researchers who took and analyzed the most important eclipse data had good reasons for judging the experiment a victory for Albert Einstein.

Surfing a plasma wave, a bunch of electrons or positrons can experience much higher accelerating gradients than a conventional RF linac could provide.

An increasingly popular percussion instrument created less than 10 years ago has inspired musicians and physicists alike to explore its sonic properties.