Medical physics Blog Medical physics highlights of the year Portable MRI, tumour hypoxia tracking, FLASH dosimetry and more highlights from 2020 Read article: Medical physics highlights of the year
Materials Blog Nanotechnology and materials highlights of 2020 Rippling graphene, topological superconductors and drunken sludge worms are on our list Read article: Nanotechnology and materials highlights of 2020
Quantum Blog A year of quantum highlights Advances in quantum science and technology contributed a few bright spots amid the darkness of 2020 Read article: A year of quantum highlights
Everyday science Blog Midwinter looking bleak? Have some festive cheer with this physics quiz Brighten your days with this fun holiday-themed quiz Read article: Midwinter looking bleak? Have some festive cheer with this physics quiz
Astronomy and space Blog Resolving the ‘squoon’, and other irregular satellites Nicholas Porter delves into the physics of a fictional, wonky satellite Read article: Resolving the ‘squoon’, and other irregular satellites
Everyday science Blog Big data meets Beethoven’s metronome, astronomy gets a badass new acronym Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Big data meets Beethoven’s metronome, astronomy gets a badass new acronym
Nuclear physics Blog Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our mission was to include young nuclear physicists wherever they were in the world’ Nuclear physicist David Jenkins discovers the benefits of running a successful conference series for young scientists in an online format Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our mission was to include young nuclear physicists wherever they were in the world’
Earth sciences Blog Learning the lessons from the Haiyuan quake 100 years on The day “the mountains walked” destroyed several cities in China and killed 230,000 people Read article: Learning the lessons from the Haiyuan quake 100 years on
Culture, history and society Blog Physics in the pandemic: ‘my winter solstice in Latvia will be a time of reflection’ Planetary scientist Amara Graps reflects on how a country that began the pandemic “ahead of the curve” ended up so far behind Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘my winter solstice in Latvia will be a time of reflection’
Everyday science Blog The music of protein folding, the Journal of Star Trek Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: The music of protein folding, the Journal of Star Trek