Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Bright ideas and their architects Stephen Wolfram's collection of essays details big ideas and the people who thought of them, although some of the tales are rather partial, says Tony Mann Read article: Bright ideas and their architects
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Web life: Ice Flows Guide penguins to their Antarctic feeding grounds and learn about the behaviour of ice sheets in the Ice Flows game Read article: Web life: Ice Flows
Ultrafast science News Flash Physics: Asteroid missions, mathematical physicist bags C N R Rao Prize, ultrashort electron emission Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Asteroid missions, mathematical physicist bags C N R Rao Prize, ultrashort electron emission
Mathematical physics Research update Loops of ribbon inspire physicists Research could boost our understanding of proteins and plants Read article: Loops of ribbon inspire physicists
Philosophy, sociology and religion News Flash Physics: Particle pioneers bag J J Sakurai Prize, Brian Bowsher appointed new head of STFC, colliding light waves may create magnetic monopoles Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Particle pioneers bag J J Sakurai Prize, Brian Bowsher appointed new head of STFC, colliding light waves may create magnetic monopoles
Soft matter and liquids Research update Liquid flow in capillaries contradicts conventional wisdom Certain shapes of capillary cannot keep liquid contained, however narrow they are Read article: Liquid flow in capillaries contradicts conventional wisdom
Transport properties Podcasts Recipe for success with topological materials Hamish Johnston visits Beijing on a hunt for the elusive Weyl fermions Read article: Recipe for success with topological materials
Transport properties News David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics Prize is awarded for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter Read article: David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics
Renewables Opinion and reviews Web life: Azimuth The official blog of the Azimuth project, which promotes interdisciplinary work on climate change and environmental science Read article: Web life: Azimuth
Mathematical physics Video Why do quarantines work? Alexandra Fogg explains the mathematics behind these measures Read article: Why do quarantines work?