Culture, history and society Blog Nobel prize sizzle: building excitement in the run-up to the physics award Reflecting on 14 years of Nobel coverage Read article: Nobel prize sizzle: building excitement in the run-up to the physics award
Everyday science Blog D-Wave launches 5000 qubit system, solar-powered nanobeads could clean-up oil sands waste Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: D-Wave launches 5000 qubit system, solar-powered nanobeads could clean-up oil sands waste
Particle and nuclear Blog Overlooked for the Nobel: Chien-Shiung Wu Should Chien-Shiung Wu have shared the 1957 Nobel prize for her measurement of parity violation? Read article: Overlooked for the Nobel: Chien-Shiung Wu
Everyday science Blog Online conferences, auxetic materials and a new kind of rocket engine: the October 2020 issue of Physics World is now out The October 2020 issue of your favourite magazine examines the benefits of virtual meetings Read article: Online conferences, auxetic materials and a new kind of rocket engine: the October 2020 issue of Physics World is now out
Particles and interactions Blog Overlooked for the Nobel: Nicola Cabibbo Could the Nobel committee have included Nicola Cabibbo for the 2008 prize? Read article: Overlooked for the Nobel: Nicola Cabibbo
Astronomy and space Blog Overlooked for the Nobel: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Jocelyn Bell Burnell says she missed out on a Nobel prize for the discovery of pulsars because she was a student at the time, but did gender play a role? Read article: Overlooked for the Nobel: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Everyday science Blog Lattice layabout in the park: an epitaxial guide to social distancing Hamish Johnston wonders how tightly you can pack people in a park, while maintaining social distancing Read article: Lattice layabout in the park: an epitaxial guide to social distancing
Particle and nuclear Blog Overlooked for the Nobel: the CERN physicists who discovered the Higgs boson Should ATLAS, CMS and LHC physicists have shared some of the 2013 prize? Read article: Overlooked for the Nobel: the CERN physicists who discovered the Higgs boson
Everyday science Blog Watch a wobbling black-hole shadow, ‘π planet’ has 3.14 day orbit, retracting racist and sexist papers Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Watch a wobbling black-hole shadow, ‘π planet’ has 3.14 day orbit, retracting racist and sexist papers
Everyday science Blog Curved toes point to sore feet, the chaos of the knuckleball Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Curved toes point to sore feet, the chaos of the knuckleball