Read article: 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
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: Industry or academia? How to choose your path
Quantum scientist Joanna Zajac spent three years in industry before returning to fundamental research. She advises on how academia and industry differ and deciding which one is right for you
Read article: 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
A new synchrotron-imaging technique is helping researchers shed a new light on human anatomy. Jon Cartwright zooms in
Read article: Off the beaten track: from school straight to working on the national physical standards
Laura Hiscott speaks to Perdi Potgieter, a research scientist at NPL who left school at 16 to do an apprenticeship
Read article: Cutting-edge accelerator technologies are key to success for the MYRRHA research reactor
The MYRRHA project in Belgium is seeking enthusiastic scientists, engineers and project managers with a talent for cross-disciplinary collaboration
Read article: 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
Read article: Physics World Careers 2022 guide is now out
From quantum technology to green jobs, Physics World Careers 2022 showcases the range of career options open to physicists
Read article: A physicist’s experience of the mental-health system
Alexander Mendelsohn wonders why the mental-health system lacks the quantitative rigour that physics benefits from
