The goal of high energy physics (also known as particle physics) is to determine the most fundamental building blocks of matter and to understand the interactions between these particles. The ...

Learn about physics, a science that introduces you to the underlying laws and mechanisms for how the universe works, why you should study physics.

Nuclear power comes in all shapes. Dave Croker, CC BY Less well-known are the applications of nuclear physics in earth sciences. It’s our grasp of nuclear physics that helps us understand the ...

Taken from the February 2022 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "The transformative power of physics". Joanne O’Meara reviews Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: ...

Particle physics invented big, global science, and national and now global facilities. If history is any guide, nothing will prevent them from answering the big questions!

What is commonly (though colloquially) called a Theory of Everything (ToE) in physics really is meant to be a theory of everything: a unified theory of all physical fields, including fields that ...

We use energy in the home for showers, cooking and more. Find out where it comes from in this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.