Characterization and modelling Blog Advanced microscopy pioneer leaves broad ranging legacy Inventor of acoustic and atomic force microscopy, Calvin Quate dies aged 95 Read article: Advanced microscopy pioneer leaves broad ranging legacy
Personalities Interview Once a physicist: Ben Cowie Ben Cowie runs a specialist cycling shop and café – London Bicycle Café – in Ontario, Canada Read article: Once a physicist: Ben Cowie
Personalities Interview Ulf Leonhardt: transforming optics research Best known for his work on invisibility cloaks and “transformative optics”, Ulf Leonhardt talks about science in Israel, his career – and his new novel Read article: Ulf Leonhardt: transforming optics research
Personalities News Particle pioneer Murray Gell-Mann, who coined the term ‘quarks’, dies at 89 Gell-Mann played a pivotal role in organizing the huge number of particles that were being discovered in the 1960s Read article: Particle pioneer Murray Gell-Mann, who coined the term ‘quarks’, dies at 89
Personalities Interview Once a physicist: Mike DeArmond Mike DeArmond is a sales engineer who provides solutions for experiments on materials, condensed matter and surface science Read article: Once a physicist: Mike DeArmond
Personalities News Laser pioneer and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88 Russian physicist made breakthrough that paved the way for laser-based technologies Read article: Laser pioneer and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88
Personalities News Robert Myers named as new director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics String theorist will take over from cosmologist Neil Turok to become Canadian institute’s third director Read article: Robert Myers named as new director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Personalities Interview Once a physicist: Will Foxall Will Foxall is a creative technologist for the South West Creative Technology Network, based at the Watershed in Bristol, UK Read article: Once a physicist: Will Foxall
Particle and nuclear Opinion and reviews Steven Weinberg releases third collection of essays Matin Durrani reviews Third Thoughts by Steven Weinberg Read article: Steven Weinberg releases third collection of essays
Personalities Opinion and reviews An anxious descent Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann’s Entropy by Eric Johnson Read article: An anxious descent