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An evaluation of the Helmholtz Association, which operates 18 research centres including the DESY accelerator complex near Hamburg, found that only 19% of full professorships are held by women.

Call made for Germany’s Helmholtz Association to boost diversity

Hotter temperatures reduce food and traffic regulation

Police officers and food safety inspectors in US less active under environmental stress

Beating Braess’ paradox to prevent instability in electrical power grids

Secondary control could prevent disruption caused by adding new transmission lines

Organic solar cells break new efficiency record

Solution-processed tandem devices boast PCEs of over 17%

Reports from the Annual Meeting of the AAPM – the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Ion-beam CT improves particle therapy planning

Proton, helium-ion and carbon-ion CT could mitigate range uncertainties in particle therapy planning

Personalizing radiotherapy: the theragnostic approach

Theragnostic radiotherapy based on multiparametric MRI could provide personalized dose prescriptions tailored to individual tumours

MedPhys Slam: fostering the art of communication

The AAPM Annual Meeting's MedPhys Slam aimed to advance the communication skills of junior medical physicists

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Natural nuclear reactor could inspire better ways of storing radioactive waste

Plasmonic tweezer array traps microparticles

Making artificial wood on the large scale

Bioengineered bile ducts mimic the real thing

Cells cultured in vitro have the same biological characteristics as the functional cells that line the bile duct

Climate strategy needs tailoring to poorest

Climate change presents a dilemma. Inaction means ultimate catastrophe. But before then an ill-considered climate strategy could harm the poorest even more.

Easy-to-image microbeads continuously monitor disease biomarkers

Microbead mobility measurement provides a step towards a wearable diagnostic device

Activating retinal stem cells restores vision in mice

Activating retinal stem cells can restore vision in mice, a finding that could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases

Normalizing tumour blood vessels improves chemotherapy

Modifying a native protein can boost chemotherapy of tumours, while negating unwanted side effects

The twisted secret to snapping spaghetti strands into two

Mathematicians work out how to break noodles in two at long last

Supercool physics

Experiments that probe the exotic behaviour of matter at ultralow temperatures depend on the latest cryogenics technology. This special collection explores the tools and techniques used at cryogenic temperatures, as well as some of the latest research in low-temperature physics

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Physics communication, a MedPhys Slam and the future of high-energy physics

Futuristic electric car recharging (Courtesy: PlargueDoctor)

Driving in the future

What Hedy Lamarr and Abdus Salam have in common and why cuprates are getting stranger

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Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems

Studying impossible systems with analogues

Some experiments just can't be done, so scientists turn to analogues. Matthew Francis discusses how these simpler systems can be used to study the complex

Aerial view of Diamond Light Source. Courtesy of Diamond Light Source

Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem

With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage

Abdus Salam back in the spotlight

Matin Durrani finds much to admire in Salam: the First ****** Nobel Laureate – a new biopic directed by Anand Kamalakar and produced by Zakir Thaver and...

Master’s programme offers fast-track to nuclear industry

Collaboration between disciplines, and between research and industry, is what defines an MSc in nuclear science and engineering at the University of Bristol, UK

Vacuum, the enabling technology

IUVSTA president Lars Montelius speaks about the creative nature of science and how vacuum technologies help build a more sustainable society

Once a physicist: David Levey

David Levey is a recently ordained Buddhist monk at the Oxford Buddha Vihara, Oxford, UK. He has degrees in philosophy and physics

Designing space for scientific innovation

Architectural lab design can play a key role in pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge

Video showcase

A harbour porpoise photographed underwater

The curious case of the porpoises and the wind farm

Photo of David Smeulders from TU Eindhoven

Rethinking energy storage

New Orleans resident during a flood event

Testing the waters in New Orleans

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How to build a super-magnet

Ziad Melhem outlines the thinking that went into the design and development of the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet

Chiral money to be legal tender in Switzerland, the physics of wildfire-powered tornados

Excerpts from the Red Folder

Beefing up X-rays at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

A major upgrade to make the light source even brighter will rest on four pillars of instrumentation, as Jon Cartwright reports

European quantum-technologies roadmap is updated by leading physicists

Rob Thew of the University of Geneva explains why a coherent vision is needed

Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem

With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage

Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems

How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science

Composite photo depicting energy generation

How do oil companies see the energy future?

Fossil fuels may be with us for some time, while opinions vary on the outlook for renewables

Abdus Salam back in the spotlight

Matin Durrani finds much to admire in Salam: the First ****** Nobel Laureate – a new biopic directed by Anand Kamalakar and produced by Zakir Thaver and...

Graphic depicting carbon dioxide emissions from a chimney. Courtesy: iStock/BeholdingEye

India could meet its Paris climate pledge

Energy emissions in 2030 may be double 2012 levels or less, thanks to low demand for electricity and faster transition to renewables

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Estimating Lake Urmia’s recovery

Find out more in this video abstract from Environmental Research Letters (ERL)

What can science learn from the humanities?

Lincoln Carr argues for a more holistic approach to science

Charmed baryon puzzles particle physicists by living longer

Lifetime measurement by LHCb is four times longer than previous results

Studying impossible systems with analogues

Some experiments just can't be done, so scientists turn to analogues. Matthew Francis discusses how these simpler systems can be used to study the complex

How to engineer topology in graphene nanoribbons

Varying the width of graphene ribbon creates 1D array of qubits

Humans cause wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds

Timings mean lightning strikes are not to blame in southern California, study finds

Carbon ions treat early-stage breast cancer

Both passive and scanning carbon-ion radiotherapy methods are suitable for treating early-stage breast cancer

Nanoreactor drives biocatalytic cascades

MOF structures could find use in a variety of biotechnological applications, such as new and efficient solar energy conversion systems

Modular system builds effective vaccines

A novel virus-like particle provides a promising new tool for developing vaccines

The business of space

Explore the latest trends and commercial opportunities associated with designing, building, launching and exploiting space-based technologies

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