Read article: Fermi: physicist with a capital F
The first in-depth English-language biography of one of the heavyweights of modern physics – Enrico Fermi – has been long awaited, says Marina Cobal
Read article: Doing physics by ear
Hear what it's like to do particle physics without sight
Read article: Flash Physics: IOP honours six physicists, APS retracts Trump statement, quantum physicists advise World Economic Forum
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: 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: Nobel laureate James Cronin dies at 84
Particle-physics pioneer co-discovered CP-symmetry violation in decaying K mesons
Read article: In praise of Descartes
Robert P Crease tackles Steven Weinberg’s criticisms of René Descartes
Read article: Jailed Iranian physicist freed temporarily after cancer treatment
Omid Kokabee on medical parole after five years in prison
Read article: Christoph Gerber: atomic-force microscope pioneer
The co-inventor of the AFM describes how it came about 30 years ago and why it continues to shape research at the nanoscale
Read article: Riffing on the universe
Jazz musician and theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander brings a fresh perspective to links between science and music, writes Trevor Cox
Read article: Buckyball pioneer Harold Kroto dies at 76
Nobel-prize-winning chemist created ball-shaped molecules to better understand interstellar clouds
