David Griffiths says that the role of a physics teacher should be to illuminate the subject's intrinsic interest, beauty and power – and warns that attempts to make i...
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Long-term career satisfaction for academics is closely linked to the type of institution where they work, as Joseph C Hermanowicz discovered
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The chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services
Read article: Once a physicist: Subramaniam Ramadorai
Retired US Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr served as the administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2001 to 2008
Read article: Once a physicist: Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr
Media fellowships can help physicists improve the way they communicate their results to the outside world, as Helen Czerski describes
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Bite-size videos about science
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New preprint site appears amid claims that arXiv administrators unfairly reject papers
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How protein folding can be fun
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Some instruments in teaching laboratories may look old-fashioned, but those wooden boxes can hold surprisingly advanced equipment. George Herold describes his career designing exper...
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The job market for new graduates and career-changers in 2009 is not great, but physicists may be better equipped than most, as Margaret Harris explains
Read article: Don’t panic
