Concrete shapes the world around us and is a staple for our infrastructure – but it is also one of the biggest carbon emitters. Benjamin Skuse asks if concrete’s climate impact can be tamed by physics, and what role AI can play.

Research finds that electronics made from certain atomically thin materials can survive harsh radiation environments up to 100 times longer than traditional silicon-based devices.

Physicists say they have created clusters containing thousands of metal atoms that obey the laws of quantum mechanics, as Isabelle Dumé reports

Honor Powrie is an engineer who doesn’t mind taking risks – but only if it’s done in a controlled manner. So what skills would she need to be a fully-fledged entrepreneur?

Michael Banks picks his favourite stories and quotes from the weird and wonderful world of physics.

The 10th annual Physics World Careers guide showcases job options for physicists.

British physicist Mark Thomson is now in charge of the CERN particle-physics lab, which recently received $1bn in private donations for its next collider project, as Michael Banks reports.

Astronomers around the world are on the hunt for an elusive 21 cm signal from the earliest hydrogen atoms, to better understand our cosmic history. Sarah Wild investigates.

Ice XXI, a new phase of water ice that exists at room temperature, has been discovered by researchers working at the European XFEL and PETRA III facilities in Germany.

Almost every image that will be taken by future space observatories in low-Earth orbit could be tainted due to light contamination from satellites, according to a new analysis from researchers at NASA.