Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...

On Tuesday the field of quantum mechanics received a thoughtful 100th-birthday present from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: three shiny new medals, 11 million Swedish kronor (to be divided ...

In many a school auditorium, a theater kid could be spotted sitting cross-legged with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, surrounded by peers who had just belted their way through the entire Hamilton ...

Pressure points The Institute of Physics says that recent errors in A-level physics unfairly perpetuate the myth that physics is a difficult subject. (Courtesy: shutterstock/monkey business images) ...

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their A-level, T-level and BTec National results. The number of students getting top A-level results has reached a record high this year, ...

Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, hundreds of thousands of students have been getting their A-level, T-level, BTEC Nationals and other Level 3 results. The number of top grades is up but ...

A-Level results day 2025 is here and students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are all finding out how they did in this year's exams. What's on that sheet of paper is determined by grade ...

For the past seven years, girls have outperformed boys in securing the highest A-level grades. But this year it's the boys who have taken the lead in getting the top marks. The percentage of boys' ...