The journey of a crisp
Louise Mayor discovers how physicists are optimizing the manufacture of this popular salty snack
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Societies seek action on rising helium prices
New report looks to address crisis by working with vendors to develop helium-saving technologies
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Taking the long view
Despite talk of skills shortages, most graduates in scientific disciplines take jobs outside science. Patrick White and Emma Smith reflect on why this is and what it means for the long-term career pro...
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NASA hits back at millionaire in asteroid spat
Nathan Myhrvold at loggerheads with astrophysicists over asteroid analysis
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Google gains new ground on universal quantum computer
Combination of digital and analogue computing methods may be the route towards a quantum computer
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Marking time on precision engineering
Watchmaker benefits from research on new materials and technologies
Leaping across the innovation divide
Jumping into action at yesterday's "birthday party" for the University of Strathclyde's Institute of Photonics
Horsing around with some innovative physics
The IOP Innovation Awards demonstrate that there’s always more than one way to, er, scan a horse
Dousing flames with low-frequency sound waves
Prototype device puts out fires without using water or chemicals
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Supporting industrial physicists
Doing more to support physicists who don't go into academia
