Science journalist Amanda Gefter talks about her quest to understand what modern physics has to say about the ultimate nature of reality

Science journalist Amanda Gefter talks about her quest to understand what modern physics has to say about the ultimate nature of reality

Malcolm Lonair enthuses about the beauty of James Clerk Maxwell's famous paper of 1865

Millennia of astronomical timekeeping ended on 3 June 1955

Mark Jackson explains why small private donations should pay for research projects

Do you have a burning desire to fund physics research? Or perhaps you are a physicist who has grown weary of making endless applications for government-funded research grants and is looking for new sources of money. Mark Jackson explains why he created the “crowd-funding” service Fiat Physica, which aims to bring together small donors and researchers in need of cash.

Quantum-computer maker lifts the lid on its controversial technology

A look inside CERN's Antimatter Factory and a day in the life of an antimatter tamer

Thanks to huge advances over the past decade, scientists are now at the point where they can stably create and trap antimatter atoms for long periods of time. This will finally allow them to probe the cataclysmic stuff in the hope of deciphering exactly what makes antimatter tick just that little bit differently to regular matter.

Why does an orange smell like an orange? The answer may have a quantum connection