Physics
From particles and cosmology to new materials, the physical sciences at the frontier.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI)
DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)
Electron ptychography
Future Circular Collider (FCC)
Google Willow
Helion Energy
High-temperature superconducting fusion magnets
IBM Quantum
ITER
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and High-Luminosity LHC
LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors
LK-99: the room-temperature superconductor that wasn't
Metamaterials and metasurfaces
Muon g-2 experiment
National Ignition Facility (NIF)
Neutral-atom qubits
Nickelate superconductors
Quantinuum
Stellarator
Superconducting qubits
Surface code
Tokamak
Topological insulators and topological materials
Topological qubits
Trapped-ion qubits
Twisted bilayer graphene and twistronics
Wendelstein 7-X
Fusion energy tracker: milestones toward fusion power
Materials science frontier tracker
Particle physics and cosmology tracker: milestones 2024-2026
Quantum computing frontier tracker
When will fusion power reach the grid? The 2026 debate
The Hubble tension and evolving dark energy: is cosmology broken?
After the LHC: the debate over the next big collider
Has quantum advantage arrived? The 2026 debate
Room-temperature superconductors: how close, and how to tell?
Dark matter and dark energy, explained
Fusion energy in 2026: a crash course
Fusion's engineering wall: tritium fuel and neutron-proof materials
How 2D materials work: graphene, stacks and twists
How fusion works
How particle colliders work
How qubits work
How superconductivity works
How the Standard Model of particle physics works
Magnetic vs inertial fusion: the main ways to confine a plasma
Materials science in 2026: a crash course
Particle physics and cosmology in 2026: a crash course
Quantum computing in 2026: a crash course
Quantum error correction: from noisy to logical qubits
What quantum computers are good for (and what they are not)