Physics World contributing columnists will bring a new perspective to a range of professional matters such as education, careers, publishing, funding and diversity
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Chris Holt considers the science behind the supernatural
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Physicists have analysed 39 events from detectors’ third run
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Meenu Stephen, a newly qualified medical physicist, describes the difficulties of looking for and starting a new job during lockdown
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘This coronavirus has created an employment crisis across the country’
On World Pasta Day, find out how to prepare perfect pasta while saving on fuel
Read article: Don’t go boiling mad when you discover these scientific secrets to perfect pasta!
David Collomb describes how a popular competition for physics students went virtual, with a team from Russia emerging as the overall winner
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Moving the International Physicists’ Tournament online was challenging’
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Read article: Payload competition on a SpaceX Falcon 9, chicken nugget and 4G network also head into space
Priya Saini, a medical physicist at SMS Medical College and Hospitals in Jaipur, describes her efforts to maintain a radiotherapy service in the midst of a pandemic
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our physics and dosimetry facilities were vacated for COVID-19 patients’
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