Read article: Concerning primordial black holes
Concerning primordial black holes
If primordial black holes exist, could one strike the Earth and if one did, what would happen? Ian Randall investigates
Read article: Concerning primordial black holes
Read article: The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron
The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron
The University of Liverpool’s synchrocyclotron helped define physics in the 20th century, yet little trace of it remains. Rob Lea looks into the history of this lost machine
Read article: Seeing the Earth through alien eyes: an extraterrestrial view of our planet
Seeing the Earth through alien eyes: an extraterrestrial view of our planet
Working out what aliens might see if they pointed their telescopes at us could help in our quest for finding life on distant Earth-like planets, as James Romero explains
Read article: Demons to think with: the rebels you mustn’t ignore
Demons to think with: the rebels you mustn’t ignore
Robert P Crease explains how these little creatures have inspired him to create a university course that should appeal to humanities and science students alike
Read article: Lia Li: the physicist unlocking navigation technology
Lia Li: the physicist unlocking navigation technology
Lia Li is an award-winning start-up founder bringing optomechanical sensors to consumers
Read article: Time crystals: the search for a new phase of matter
Time crystals: the search for a new phase of matter
Pedram Roushan, from Google’s Quantum AI team, describes this elusive form of matter – and how it could be simulated on the company’s Sycamore quantum processor
Read article: The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing
The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing
Physicists working on large-scale experiments may have to consider the significant environmental impact of the computer power they require. Michael Allen investigates
Read article: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: the woman who found hydrogen in the stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: the woman who found hydrogen in the stars
Sidney Perkowitz on Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, from her stellar astronomical findings to her struggle with bias against women in the early 20th century
Read article: Drawing up a ‘Google Earth’ of the human body
Drawing up a ‘Google Earth’ of the human body
A new synchrotron-imaging technique is helping researchers shed a new light on human anatomy. Jon Cartwright zooms in
Read article: Conquering the challenge of quantum optimization
Conquering the challenge of quantum optimization
Untrainable circuits, “barren plateaus” and deceptive local minimas may prevent the use of quantum-enhanced optimization, as Pradeep Niroula explains
