Everyday science Blog Why Hawaii has the best rainbows, ancient carpet still dazzles thanks to fermented wool Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Why Hawaii has the best rainbows, ancient carpet still dazzles thanks to fermented wool
Everyday science Blog Winner of Dance Your PhD video contest is very atmospheric, the physics of cooking an egg Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Winner of Dance Your PhD video contest is very atmospheric, the physics of cooking an egg
Personalities Blog Physics in the pandemic: ‘I took inspiration from the healthcare sector and brought in a therapist for my lab’ Andrea Armani describes how setting up weekly sessions with an external mental health expert has helped her students cope in a radically altered research environment Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘I took inspiration from the healthcare sector and brought in a therapist for my lab’
Everyday science Blog Archaeomagnetism, DNA materials and cosmic questions: the March 2021 issue of Physics World is now out Enjoy the latest issue of your favourite magazine, which is now out in print and digital formats Read article: Archaeomagnetism, DNA materials and cosmic questions: the March 2021 issue of Physics World is now out
Astronomy and space Blog Fine structure and black holes Sidney Perkowitz on attempts to measure the fine structure constant α near black holes Read article: Fine structure and black holes
Everyday science Blog Dress inspired by Perseverance Rover’s parachute, augmented reality Sun brightens your living room Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Dress inspired by Perseverance Rover’s parachute, augmented reality Sun brightens your living room
Astronomy and space Blog Shapley, Curtis and the ‘island universes’ controversy Logan Chipkin looks at what lessons we can learn from the 1920 “Great Debate” about the scale of the universe Read article: Shapley, Curtis and the ‘island universes’ controversy
Astronomy and space Blog Celebrating cosmic-ray pioneer Bibha Chowdhuri, Super Mario gets an ionizing boost, new planetoid is Farfarout Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Celebrating cosmic-ray pioneer Bibha Chowdhuri, Super Mario gets an ionizing boost, new planetoid is Farfarout
Everyday science Blog US stamp features parity-violation pioneer Chien-Shiung Wu, a quantum of softness Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: US stamp features parity-violation pioneer Chien-Shiung Wu, a quantum of softness
Publishing Blog Happy Chinese New Year Staff from IOP Publishing mark Chinese New Year with video outlining publishing support for physicists in China Read article: Happy Chinese New Year