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Having long played the role of collaborators with other, more renowned, institutions, historically disadvantaged South African universities are now challenging the status quo — and emerging as leaders.

The measurement of pH is more complicated than it seems, recalls Andrea Taroni.

Publicly funded nuclear fusion laboratories are experiencing competition from the private sector, giving new energy to the field.

This month, we celebrate the discovery of electromagnetic rotation, the principle behind the electric motor.

The European Researchers’ Night provides a platform for scientists to engage with the public.

The uptake of graphene-based materials calls for standardization. Silvia Milana explains what this entails.

They say a picture tells a thousand words, so by that accounting, the visual word count of a Nature Physics paper doubles that of its text. So how best to use that budget?

The unit length of DNA is a base pair, which serves as a ruler for DNA compaction and processing, as Michelle Wang explains.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals outline a roadmap towards a more equitable future for humanity. Along with other scientists, physicists have long made valuable contributions to this endeavour.