Read article: Can crude analysis alone determine prospects for energy materials?
Neil Beattie describes some of the economic and political factors that impact developments of renewable energy materials and technologies besides the cost of crude oil
Read article: Hi-tech firms seek clarity amid Brexit confusion
Leaders of the UK's industrial-physics community eye up their options as the country prepares to leave the European Union
Read article: Shedding light on XHV-capable materials
A collaboration between industry and the US national measurement laboratory is quantifying the comparative performance of extreme-high-vacuum technologies
Read article: Design evolution yields streamlined positioning platform for ultrahigh vacuum
UHV Design’s latest generation of sample positioners has been designed to combine high precision with a more compact footprint
Read article: Proton therapy on an upward trajectory
The UK’s proton therapy community is at the forefront of international efforts to drive standardization and verification of new treatment facilities. Joe McEntee reports
Read article: Carbon fascination endures in nanoscience
From the gargantuan Nanotech 2019 exhibition and conferences at Tokyo Big Sight to research labs around Tokyo, we look at the ever-enduring attraction of carbon at the nanoscale
Read article: Physicists await Japanese government decision on the International Linear Collider
A verdict whether to build the 20 km collider is expected to be made next month
Read article: Rewriting the rules of test and measurement
After closing an $8 million investment round this month, Australian start-up Liquid Instruments is making waves – and turning heads – in the precision test and measurement market
Read article: Can 2D materials contribute to consumer electronics?
Researchers in the US outline how to address the mismatch between current fabrication capabilities and the requirements for exploiting the impressive electronics properties of 2D materials
Read article: Physicists stimulate Hawking radiation from optical analogue of a black hole
Experiment is a “milestone” towards seeing the spontaneous emission of Hawking radiation from a lab-based analogue, but questions still remain
