Schrieffer, together with physicists John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, explained how materials could superconduct at low temperatures
Read article: Superconductivity pioneer Robert Schrieffer dies at 88
Inventor of acoustic and atomic force microscopy, Calvin Quate dies aged 95
Read article: Advanced microscopy pioneer leaves broad ranging legacy
Ben Cowie runs a specialist cycling shop and café – London Bicycle Café – in Ontario, Canada
Read article: Once a physicist: Ben Cowie
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
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
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
Russian physicist made breakthrough that paved the way for laser-based technologies
Read article: Laser pioneer and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88
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
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
Matin Durrani reviews Third Thoughts by Steven Weinberg
Read article: Steven Weinberg releases third collection of essays
