Two hot Jupiters around two similar stars orbiting at similar distances look similar, right? WRONG Cruel mistress science throws astroboffins a curveball Science06 Jun 2017 | 15
Boffins have figured out a way of speeding up X-ray data collection And machine learning is the solution AI + ML06 Jun 2017 | 6
Scientists are counting atoms to figure out when Mars last had volcanoes Astroboffin-in-training makes dating breakthrough Science26 May 2017 | 18
Large Hadron Collider turns up five new particles This is the stuff that binds Quarks together Science21 Mar 2017 | 50
Time crystals really do exist, say physicists* *If we change the definition of 'time crystal', so scratch that Doctor Who screenplay, okay? Science14 Mar 2017 | 43
Astroboffins glimpse sighting of ultra-rare circular galaxy Double-ring phenomena for the 0.1 per cent fans Science04 Jan 2017 | 40
Three certainties in life: Death, taxes and the speed of light – wait no, maybe not that last one Einstein was wrong, reignited theory suggests Science25 Nov 2016 | 165
CERN also has a particle decelerator – and it’s trying to break physics But physics is resisting: Antiproton weight probe reveals no anomalies Science07 Nov 2016 | 54
Rise of the photon clones: New method could lead to 'impenetrable' comms New tech aims to boost security and range of quantum cryptography Science26 Oct 2016 | 10
How do you make a qubit 10 times as stable? Dress it up for work No joke. Electromagnetic fields could help achieve dream of quantum computing Science18 Oct 2016 | 17
British trio win Nobel prize for physics 'Opened door to unknown world where matter can assume strange states' Science04 Oct 2016 | 24
Microsoft thinks time crystals may be viable after all Movement without energy? Redmond puts its money where its mouth is Science12 Sep 2016 | 123
Lab-grown black hole proves Stephen Hawking's radiation claims – physicist But 'pioneering paper' also contains some contradictory data, says prof Science16 Aug 2016 | 17
Billion-tonne IceCube: Sterile neutrino does not exist We're, um, Straight Outta 'fourth' 'trons... 'trinos... you know what we mean – scientists Science08 Aug 2016 | 26
Schrödinger's cat explained with neutrinos Physicists show quantum weirdness of neutrinos over longest distance yet Science20 Jul 2016 | 50
LIGO team may have found dark matter Not betting the house, but it's plausible, boffins say Science24 Jun 2016 | 30
Physicists build simulator, hope to stand up beautiful Standard Model Particles, antiparticles and putting meat on bones of theory Science23 Jun 2016 | 10
Rejoice, fatties: Giving chocolate electric shocks makes it healthier Less fat needed after careful application of wiggly amps Science21 Jun 2016 | 58
Cats understand the laws of physics, researchers claim It's all about expectation violation Science15 Jun 2016 | 90
Regular Fast Radio Burst detected outside our galaxy Probably not ET, but possibly a new way to weigh the universe Science03 Mar 2016 | 23
What would happen if Earth fell into a black hole? We might not even notice.... Science17 Feb 2016 | 49
Physics uses warp theory to look beyond relativity Compressing the space-time continuum. No flux capacitors here, though Science16 Dec 2015 | 60
Boffins build magnetic field cloak 'wormhole', could help MRI scanners Cool cloak no sci-fi joke Science04 Sep 2015 | 28
Coffee cup-sized MIT machine can SEE actual ELECTRONS, boast boffins Neutrino mass search takes another big step Science22 Apr 2015 | 8
Soil and sand harden as SPEEDING MISSILES and METEORS SLAM into GROUND – boffins 'Like trying to push your way through a crowded room' Science12 Apr 2015 | 48
Saturn's rings, radio waves ... poetry? At home with Scotland's Mr Physics Geek's Guide to Britain James Clerk Maxwell's house Geek's Guide06 Apr 2015 | 24
Atomic clocks' ticks tamed by 3,000 entangled atoms Boffins break record for entanglement with mirrors and lasers Science30 Mar 2015 | 12
Is light a wave or a particle? Beaming boffins prove it's BOTH And they've got the pics to prove it, thanks to clever nanowire tricks Science03 Mar 2015 | 28
Quantum of Suspicion: Despite another $29m, D-Wave doubts remain What exactly is company offering? On-Prem30 Jan 2015 | 26
Antarctic boffins hope stratospheric gravity wave hunter returns to Earth Telescope circles globe propelled by polar winds Science08 Jan 2015 | 6
Why the chemistry between Hollywood, physics and maths is so hot right now Interview El Reg talks to The Theory of Everything producer Science20 Dec 2014 | 16
CERN IT boss: What we do is not really that special You'll all be doing the same - in about 10 years' time SaaS20 Nov 2014 | 12
Pre-digital computer 'cranks out' Fourier Transforms Video Boffins get a handle on pre-digital computer, restore it to working order Personal Tech17 Nov 2014 | 24
Texas boffins put radio waves in a spin Circulator would enable full-duplex cellphone operation on single frequency Science11 Nov 2014 | 21
GOD particle MAY NOT BE GOD particle: Scientists in shock claim 'Data not precise enough to determine exactly what it is' Science10 Nov 2014 | 105
White LED lies: It's great, but Nobel physics prize-winning great? Worstall @ the Weekend How artificial lighting could offer an artificial promise Science11 Oct 2014 | 132
Neutrinos lay bare solar proton reactions Set the controls for the heart of the Sun Science28 Aug 2014 | 3
ANU boffins demo 'tractor beam' in water Video The current state of the art, apparently Science11 Aug 2014 | 18
CERN data explains how Higgs heavies other matter Standard Model hangs together as bosons fly apart Science17 Jul 2014 | 33
HESS-II scope spots its first pulsar Gamma ray source seen from ground for first time Science06 Jul 2014 | 3
Speed of light slower than we thought? Probably not Einstein not wrong, except in headlines Science01 Jul 2014 | 67
Cambridge's tiny superconducting magnet breaks strength record Three tonnes of force exerted by golfball-sized gadolinium, barium and copper cocktail Science01 Jul 2014 | 26
'Sterile neutrinos' re-ignite 'we found dark-stuff' debate Still too early to say 'DARK MATTER FOUND', but the X-rays are encouraging Science26 Jun 2014 | 27
Measure for measure: We visit the most applied-physicist-rich building in the UK Geek's Guide to Britain Like an ass whose back with kilograms of Concorde bows... Geek's Guide12 Jun 2014 | 42
Boffins: How to generate crypto-keys using a smartphone – and quantum physics Would take '1018 times the age of the universe' to guess Security30 May 2014 | 18
Earth's night-side gets different kinds of neutrinos from day-side Does your neutrino lose its flavour on the bed-post overnight? Science17 Mar 2014 | 32
Missing matter found by squinting through gravitational lens Fancy new particles not needed as Planck team weighs galaxies anew Science21 Feb 2014 | 14
Quantum comms can be made even more secure Digital signatures using quantum states Security18 Feb 2014 | 1
No, pesky lawyers, particle colliders WON'T destroy the Earth Let's all PANIC like it's 1999 ... or, listen to physicists instead Science14 Feb 2014 | 88
Samsung Nexus S beats Galaxy S III – at detecting GAMMA RAYS Take a pic of radiation? There's an app for that Science14 Jan 2014 | 17
ALIEN WORLD Beta Pictoris snapped by Earth's Gemini 'scope May seem like a few pixels, but it's a decade of work Science08 Jan 2014 | 24
Cambs prof scoops $3m Fundamental Physics prize For working on 'unification of the fundamental physical forces of the UNIVERSE' Science16 Dec 2013 | 23
Magnetic slurry could deliver heatsink-as-a-service Nanofluid could be attracted to the heat it exists to dissipate Science21 Nov 2013 | 12
Want to BUILD YOUR OWN Tardis? First, get a star and set it spinning... Doctor Who @ 50 What science today says about how we might travel backwards and forwards in time Science13 Nov 2013 | 42
Boffins boggled by ORB-shaped electrons Standard Model's lovely spheres get some support Science12 Nov 2013 | 36
Can't stand the heat? Harden up if you want COLD, DELICIOUS BEER Boffins finally explain just why warm water freezes faster Science05 Nov 2013 | 50
Bucket? Check. Toilet plunger? Check. El Reg's 50 years of Doctor Who Doctor Who @ 50 One Time Lord, one month, five decades Legal31 Oct 2013 | 56
Brit boffins trap light in Lego-like lumps Aluminium studs make solar panels more efficient Science21 Oct 2013 | 25