A supercontinuum success story
Photonics experts share tales of bright ideas that panned out – and others where the outcome is yet to be determined
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The many valleys of death for healthcare photonics
Entrepreneurs at Photonics West share their stories of translating laboratory advances into clinical practice
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Reimagining the future of food
Joe McEntee reports from an annual gathering of food physicists in Leeds, UK
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Graphene for physicists, materials scientists, and engineers
Further thoughts about graphene headphones, plus a rule for distinguishing between different types of single(ish)-layer carbon
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Solar cooking, an ultrasound success story, and why some business models just don’t work out
In this week's podcast, we take a look at solar cookers, hear from an ultrasound start-up and chat about some bad business models
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Bad business models
James McKenzie examines the reasons why the WiFi-connected Juicero Press failed
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Putting graphene headphones to the test
The Physics World team rings in the new year by trying out headphones that exploit the mechanical properties of the two-dimensional carbon “wonder material”
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Bragg diffraction monitors wound healing, plastic soil and other physical science innovations
Levitated nanoparticles, ion-based qubits and a sound idea for a new thermometer also on show
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The physics-based firm that helped spawn the IVF revolution
How Research Instruments went from micro-manipulators to IVF and is now backing a brand-new physics-innovation prize, as James McKenzie explains
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The promise and challenges of airborne wind energy
Margaret Harris assesses the prospects for harnessing the wind with kites, wings, drones and hoops
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