Everyday science Blog Tube map of famous engineers, physics of Jackson Pollock, George Washington’s imperial love Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Tube map of famous engineers, physics of Jackson Pollock, George Washington’s imperial love
Artificial intelligence Blog What role should physicists play in AI safety? This week’s global summit gets Institute of Physics president Keith Burnett musing about what the physics community can bring to the debate Read article: What role should physicists play in AI safety?
Everyday science Blog Much ado about boffins, radon spa in the Alps, collider-inspired Halloween costumes Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Much ado about boffins, radon spa in the Alps, collider-inspired Halloween costumes
Nuclear physics Blog What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics? Ian Briggs looks at how the history of nuclear physics is captured in postage stamps Read article: What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics?
Everyday science Blog Physicist makes 1000th outreach visit, pioneering Japanese physicist’s time in the UK is celebrated Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Physicist makes 1000th outreach visit, pioneering Japanese physicist’s time in the UK is celebrated
Culture, history and society Blog Meet the artist behind the Nobel portraits, how to avoid ‘nobelitus’ Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Meet the artist behind the Nobel portraits, how to avoid ‘nobelitus’
Culture, history and society Blog CERN opens its new Science Gateway outreach centre The centre is expected to host up to half a million visitors a year Read article: CERN opens its new Science Gateway outreach centre
Everyday science Blog AI-cooked steak, Prada space suits, agriculture starts with a bang Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: AI-cooked steak, Prada space suits, agriculture starts with a bang
Culture, history and society Blog Why is there no Nobel physics prize for nuclear fission? Lise Meitner should have won a prize in physics for her discovery Read article: Why is there no Nobel physics prize for nuclear fission?
Culture, history and society Blog German hyperinflation, and what it has to do with a Nobel prize Runaway prices almost prevented Otto Stern from doing a seminal quantum experiment Read article: German hyperinflation, and what it has to do with a Nobel prize
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