3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (370+ words) Scientists in the US have unveiled a new machine-learning tool that, they claim, can identify disruptive scientific breakthroughs. They say their method, which assesses how much a paper reshapes its field, is better than other techniques at spotting such disruptions…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (333+ words) At the American Physical Society's Global Physics Summit in Denver, a session on "Navigating the AI revolution: future-proofing your science career" drew in a crowd of early-stage physicists searching for practical career advice. What they received was much more philosophical…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (284+ words) Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide, but treatment of such conditions is limited by the blood'brain barrier (BBB), which blocks the passage of drugs to the brain. In the quest for more effective therapeutic options, a multidisciplinary research team…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (342+ words) I am an online editor of Physics World. I did a Ph D in condensed-matter physics at Mc Master University in Canada. I am still fascinated by what is an extremely rich and varied subject that I believe is ignored…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (288+ words) Open access removes the requirement for traditional subscriptions. Articles are instead made immediately and freely available for anyone to read, with publication costs covered by authors by paying an article-processing charge. But as the popularity of open-access journals has risen,…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (236+ words) Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Can artificial intelligence predict future research directions in quantum science? Listen to this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast to discover what is already possible. My guests are…...