This idea that there are many people contributing and many different parts of the pieces need to put together is actually much more characteristic of how physics is usually done than the single person ...

Aurélie Hourlier‑Fargette, winner of the 2025 JPhys Materials Early Career Award, discusses the inspirations behind her interdisciplinary work on bubble assemblies and foam-based materials ...

It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.

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Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

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