Being shut out of labs and research facilities isn't the only barrier to scientific productivity, as Rose Waugh discovered
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘A lack of childcare hugely reduces productivity’
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Multidimensional physics you can do at home, gingerbread radiation therapy, making glow-in-the-dark plants
Check out the May 2020 issue of Physics World, which is a special edition on plastic waste
Read article: Avoid, track, recycle: solutions to the problem of plastic waste
For physicist and patent attorney Richard Bray, lockdown has prompted rapid, positive changes to working practices. Are similar changes possible elsewhere?
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘I’m looking forward to a more balanced blend when this is over’
How much do you know about the Nobel Prize for Physics? Find out with this Red Folder quiz
Read article: Test your knowledge of Nobel-prize physics trivia with this quick quiz
Physics World speaks to the winners of IOP Publishing's Reviewer Awards for 2019 about peer review and how referee demand has been impacted by COVID-19
Read article: IOP Publishing rewards more than 1600 top peer reviewers
With the Hubble telescope turning 30 today, try this fun Red Folder quiz on all things space
Read article: Got the lockdown blues? Take this trivia quiz on astronomy and space
Our series honouring the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope concludes with a breathtaking look deep into the universe's past
Read article: Hubble’s best shots: eXtreme Deep Field
A massive star-forming region is number 2 on our list of the Hubble Space Telescope's greatest images, chosen in honour of the 30th anniversary of the telescope's launch
Read article: Hubble’s best shots: Pillars of Creation
How a collision between Jupiter and fragments of a comet gave the freshly repaired Hubble Space Telescope its first big success
Read article: Hubble’s best shots: Impact of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
