Telescopes and space missions News NASA hits back at millionaire in asteroid spat Nathan Myhrvold at loggerheads with astrophysicists over asteroid analysis Read article: NASA hits back at millionaire in asteroid spat
Quantum computing Research update Google gains new ground on universal quantum computer Combination of digital and analogue computing methods may be the route towards a quantum computer Read article: Google gains new ground on universal quantum computer
Business and innovation Blog Marking time on precision engineering Watchmaker benefits from research on new materials and technologies
Business and innovation Blog Leaping across the innovation divide Jumping into action at yesterday's "birthday party" for the University of Strathclyde's Institute of Photonics
Business and innovation Blog Horsing around with some innovative physics The IOP Innovation Awards demonstrate that there’s always more than one way to, er, scan a horse
Acoustics Research update Dousing flames with low-frequency sound waves Prototype device puts out fires without using water or chemicals Read article: Dousing flames with low-frequency sound waves
Business and innovation Blog Supporting industrial physicists Doing more to support physicists who don't go into academia
Business and innovation Blog Celebrating innovation Four firms who bagged Institute of Physics Innovation Awards are honoured at Westminster
Business and innovation Feature The rocky road to success: lessons from founding a physics spin-off Doing science involves complex experiments with uncertain outcomes, and starting a company based on innovations from the lab is no different, explains Floor van de Pavert Read article: The rocky road to success: lessons from founding a physics spin-off
Business and innovation Feature Navigating the valley of death when taking physics innovations to market Taking an innovation from the lab to the market is hard in any discipline, but physics start-ups face some unique challenges, explains James Dacey Read article: Navigating the valley of death when taking physics innovations to market