Like many of us, University of Chicago physicist Linda Young is working from home these days, though her home is more unique than most. “We live in Enrico Fermi’s old house,” she said. “I always hope ...

The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope is located in the Canary Islands. Delayed gamma rays from deep space may provide the first evidence for physics beyond current ...

Scientists within the JEM-EUSO collaboration are exploiting innovative detector technologies in their quest to observe ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays from space Flying high JEM-EUSO’s Mini-EUSO ...

Everyone is familiar with tiny gas bubbles gently rising up in sparkling water. But the bubbles that were created by intense focused lasers in this experiment were ten times smaller and contained ...

The surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, deployed by helicopter. Credit: Institute For Cosmic Ray Research, University Of Tokyo Around 30 years ago, scientists in Utah were ...

The massive project will intercept γ-ray showers in an unexplored energy band. You have full access to this article via your institution. Set high on a mountain plain in China, an ambitious ...

The REViVR:X project aims to provide a teaching programme for x-ray physics aided by a suite of novel resources. The programme aims to address an absence of simulation training resources for a wide ...

The place of cosmic ray physics has changed radically in recent years as it has become closely interrelated with other methods of investigating the cosmological environment. In our immediate ...

When Japanese scientist Toshihiro Fujii discovered a very high energy cosmic-ray event in May 2021, he christened it ‘Amaterasu’. It turned out to be the second-highest-energy cosmic ray to be ...

Drexel’s Bachelor of Science in Physics degree program offers students a solid foundation that prepares them for graduate school or careers in science and technology. With an innovative curriculum ...

The message has been pretty consistent for the last six years now: ray tracing is the next big frontier for gaming. A revolutionary way of lighting 3D environments that had previously only been ...

The century-old field of X-ray physics is being rejuvenated by new forms of ultrabright sources based on laser technology, promising a revolution in imaging capabilities. This month Nature Photonics ...