Japan's steel industry has benefited from strong links with academia and with neutron-science facilities, according to Kaoru Sato, Haruo Nakamichi and Hitoshi Sueyoshi
Read article: Bringing neutrons into the steel industry
How a small engineering firm expanded to develop scientific instruments for vacuum, ambient and cryogenic conditions
Read article: Into new environments
Mike Mandina and Rick Plympton describe how their optics manufacturing firm has survived in a difficult business climate
Read article: Succeeding as a community
In a field where challenges and opportunities vary almost daily, physicists' multi-disciplinary background is an asset, argues Lucian Hand
Read article: Why the laser industry needs physicists
Partnerships with established firms can help new optics ventures succeed in the marketplace
Read article: Giving start-ups a leg up
A session on industry at the International Particle Accelerator Conference has some ups and downs
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Flash Physics: Droplets map out tension, sensitive robot skin, Cockcroft Institute spins out beam monitor
Graphene Square founder Byung Hee Hong reflects on the different challenges of growing graphene and growing a company
Read article: Learning from industry
A theoretical nanoscientist examines the interface between academic research and industry
Read article: Bridging the gap in nanotech
Improvements in graphene processing are beginning to pay off, especially for aerospace applications
Read article: Commercializing the ‘wonder material’
