South Africa is hunting for students in booming sectors of physics, including astronomy, optics, and nuclear physics.

Classical computers can efficiently simulate the behavior of quantum computers if the quantum computer is imperfect enough.

Combining x-ray and MRI techniques leads to a microscopic explanation for the process by which water escapes from wood.

Leidenfrost drops suspended above a hot surface by a thin layer of vapor emit periodic sounds in a similar way to pipe organs.

A useful metric for characterizing the topological behavior of fermions can be extended to bosonic systems as well.

Bicycles and indoor lighting are among many everyday features that can benefit from recent advances in artificial intelligence.

Maria Schuld reflects on the open questions about quantum machine-learning algorithms.

South African researchers explain why and how their country’s physics should be untethered from its colonial past.

Soon-to-be physics graduates will be more successful in job interviews and at acquiring funding if they master the craft of speaking to non-specialists.