Read article: Web life: Hyperphysics
So what is the site about? Hyperphysics is a network of cross-linked articles on topics from acceleration to the Zeeman effect — essentially an online physics encyclopedia. Unlike some sites fea...
Read article: Riding the red dragon
Western universities have long welcomed visiting students and academics from the Far East. Now China’s ascendance offers career opportunities for researchers like Ian Broadwell wh...
Read article: Doing science in the open
Online networking tools are pervasive, but why have scientists been so slow to adopt many of them? Michael Nielsen explains how we can build a better culture of online collaboration
Read article: Riding the storm out
A career in severe-weather research offers flexibility and plenty of opportunities to experience the fascinating physics of the rotating fluid called the atmosphere. Josh Wurman
Read article: Web life: The Evil Mad Scientist Project
How to electrocute a hot dog...and more
Read article: US energy boss reveals $1.2bn spending plans
Steven Chu names national labs and clean energy as big winners of stimulus package
Read article: Stars in his eyes
Inspiring public interest in the night sky is one of the key objectives of the International Year of Astronomy. You can be sure then that the Public Astronomer of the UK – Marek Kuk...
Read article: Web life: The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience
Explore the physics of fusion through interactive games on a simulated tokamak
Read article: Once a physicist: Zhengrong Shi
From laser physics to solar power: the founder and chief executive of Suntech Power
A periodic table with links to videos on all 118 chemical elements
