Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Fermilab’s photographer extraordinaire retires, win a trip for two to the LHC, can you spot an encroaching drone?
Physics and film collide in the new issue, with visual effects, science advisers and science blunders – plus interviews with actor Daniel Radcliffe and VFX pioneer Douglas Trumbull
Read article: Physics at the movies – the science behind the scenes: the November 2019 special issue of Physics World is now out
Spiros Michalakis looks at the science behind a major plot point of Avengers: Endgame, from the point of view of Iron Man. Warning: Contains spoilers
Read article: Iron Man talks quantum
The main component of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark-matter detector has lowered into the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota
Read article: US dark-matter detector heads underground
Nicol Caplin delves into the dangers of contaminating pristine environments beyond the Earth
Read article: Anything to declare?
Attending Spain’s second annual Climate Reality Project awards
Read article: Climate influencers recognized in Madrid
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Whiskey webs identify American spirits, undercompressive shocks give wine its tears
Scientific publishers are increasingly keen to help open up access to the research papers they publish. Gábor Csányi describes his experiences of open-access publishing
Read article: Open access from a researcher’s perspective: Gábor Csányi
Preprint from IBM researchers downgrades quantum advantage
Read article: Is Google’s quantum supremacy not so supreme after all?
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: How astronauts stay healthy, the future of fusion, quantum games for high schools
