Read article: The potential of far-ultraviolet light for the next pandemic
Recent research suggests that a small range of light at far-ultraviolet wavelengths could be safe for humans but deadly to viruses. Jon Cartwright investigates
Read article: The blue solution
Powerful blue lasers are producing the high-quality copper welds needed to make batteries for electric vehicles, as Richard Stevenson reports
Read article: Plastic that doesn’t cost the Earth
With the pressure on to reduce our plastic pollution, scientists and innovators are developing new methods of reusing, retrieving and recycling. Anna Demming investigates
Read article: The search for the missing plastic
There are millions of tonnes of plastic in our oceans, but we can’t find it. Marric Stephens investigates how we’re searching for this elusive missing waste
Read article: Physics World unwrapped
Susan Curtis examines alternatives to the polythene wrapping used to mail magazines – and reveals what Physics World will be switching to
Read article: The diamond quantum revolution
Diamond has a variety of exciting properties that mean it is being increasingly used in quantum applications, as Matthew Markham and David Twitchen explain
Read article: Life in a carbon-neutral world
Cities and countries around the world are aiming to become net carbon neutral within the next few decades. Kate Ravilious asks, what will day-to-day life look like in such a world?
Read article: COVID-19: how physics is helping the fight against the pandemic
With the world in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jon Cartwright investigates how physics-based techniques are helping scientists study viruses, including this latest novel coronavirus
Read article: Time crystals enter the real world of condensed matter
Peter Hannaford and Krzysztof Sacha ask whether we can realize condensed-matter phenomena exhibited by ordinary spatial crystals in the time dimension
Read article: Navigating the terahertz gap
The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is exploited less than its neighbouring wavelengths but plays a vital role in astronomy, as Sidney Perkowitz explains
