Read article: Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
Unlike humans, ants maintain flow even in crowded conditions
Read article: Self-regulating behaviour helps ants avoid traffic jams
Read article: Exploring the computational universe with Stephen Wolfram
Exploring the computational universe with Stephen Wolfram
The physicist and Mathematica creator reflects on how computational tools have changed in the past 30 years, and on the role that computational thinking plays in physics
Read article: Treating epilepsy with physics
Treating epilepsy with physics
Louis Nemzer describes how studying the physics of the brain could help people with epilepsy by predicting the onset of seizures
Read article: The physics of epilepsy, drones to monitor Chernobyl, and the ‘model-independent’ approach to particle physics
The physics of epilepsy, drones to monitor Chernobyl, and the ‘model-independent’ approach to particle physics
The September 2019 issue of Physics World is now out in print and digital formats
Read article: Mapping the network of international tourism
Mapping the network of international tourism
A talk about world travel patterns at the APS March meeting raises fascinating questions about how and where people choose to go
Read article: Physics helps to model online terrorist activity
Physics helps to model online terrorist activity
Feature in the March issue of Physics World investigates the dark side of social media
Read article: The dark side of social media
The dark side of social media
Neil Johnson explains how physics can be used to find groups supporting terror, extremism and hate on social media
Read article: Gravitational waves could reveal the birth of a quark star
Gravitational waves could reveal the birth of a quark star
Simulations uncover signatures in gravitational-wave spectra of a postulated phase transition in neutron star mergers
Read article: People acting as ‘game changers’ could calm panicked crowds, simulation reveals
People acting as ‘game changers’ could calm panicked crowds, simulation reveals
Agents in key locations could restore the orderly flow of people
Read article: Know your boundaries to progress materials science
Know your boundaries to progress materials science
As materials science reaps sustained rewards from focusing on interfaces, researchers can now access a technical note to guide them through modelling these systems
