Can you trust your own eyes? This video might be one strong case for a resounding, “No!” Even after the trick behind the magic is revealed, it’s hard to make your brain parse the truth. Although this ...

Flash Physics is our daily pick of the latest need-to-know developments from the global physics community selected by Physics World‘s team of editors and reporters The SESAME synchrotron-light source ...

Clocks might be far more fundamental to physics than we ever realized. A new theory suggests what we see around us – from the smallest of quantum actions to the cosmic crawl of entire galaxies – could ...

Flash Physics is our daily pick of the latest need-to-know developments from the global physics community selected by Physics World‘s team of editors and reporters Photomontage showing a ball and ...

Have you ever been sitting around bored and found yourself trying to get some random household object — a battery, a pen, whatever — to spin around like a top? Disney has taken that idea to a pretty ...

Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, researchers turned to solar steam generators, which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. The team sought design ...

3D movies and TV are is increasing in popularity, but is any of it truly 3D? 3D movies and TV are is increasing in popularity, but is any of it truly 3D? How true is the 3D in movie theaters? How do ...

On the Steam PC gaming platform, there are all kinds of oddball simulators recreating the real world that people can try out: Tank Mechanic Simulator, Tourist Bus Simulator, Drug Dealer Simulator, and ...

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Texas-based developer 3D Realms has announced that it has selected Swedish firm Meqon to supply a physics solution for the long-awaited next instalment in the Duke Nukem franchise, Duke Nukem Forever.