Read article: ‘Great observatories’ – the next generation of NASA’s space telescopes, and their impact on the next century of observational astronomy
Astronomers look into the future of astronomy and astrophysics, as proposals are made to pick, plan and build a new fleet of space telescopes
Read article: Climate tipping points: retreating from the brink and accelerating positive change
James Dacey finds out how new research into human-climate systems could help us to avert disaster
Read article: How the Stern–Gerlach experiment made physicists believe in quantum mechanics
Hamish Johnston celebrates 100 years of the Stern–Gerlach experiment, which gave credibility to the notion of quantum mechanics
Read article: A tour of the frontiers of printing
Joe McEntee explores the multidisciplinary work of the UK’s Centre for Print Research
Read article: Home, green home: scientific solutions for cutting carbon and (maybe) saving money
Margaret Harris investigates the options for ditching fossil fuels as a source of domestic heat and electricity
Read article: Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves
Nobel-prize-winning physicist Rainer Weiss talks with Sidney Perkowitz about his life and work, including his role in the advent of gravitational-wave astronomy
Read article: Space-based solar power: could beaming sunlight back to Earth meet our energy needs?
Jon Cartwright weighs up ambitious plans to beam solar power from space to Earth
Read article: Knitting space–time out of quantum entanglement
Clara Aldegunde goes on an intellectual journey to understand how quantum phenomena may thread together the fabric of space–time, giving rise to our reality
Read article: Hertha Ayrton: pioneering inventor and suffragette
Anita Chandran explores the remarkable life of Hertha Ayrton – a physicist, mathematician, engineer, inventor and suffragette whose work benefitted the lives of many
Read article: Using Newton’s laws to weed out bogus car-crash claims
Fraudsters try to make money by pretending they've been injured in traffic accidents. But as Michael Hall explains, simple Newtonian physics can reveal which claims are genuine and which are b...
