Glasses are much more mysterious than their crystalline counterparts, yet have a wealth of practical uses, says Jon Cartwright
Read article: Five glassy mysteries we still can’t explain: from metallic glasses to unexpected analogues
Engineering physicist Christine Tremblay on making fibre-optic networks cheaper, smarter and more resilient, and opening the way to send voice, data and video streams at ever-increasi...
Read article: Using physics to fuel fibre-optic innovation
James Dacey describes how the 2022 International Year of Glass will celebrate the universality of this see-through super material
Read article: Glass: a transparent tool for a fairer planet
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
Physicists at QinetiQ are developing systems that combine and control high-energy laser beams to provide a powerful and cost-effective countermeasure against drones and other uncrewed objects
Read article: High-power lasers promise new defence strategy
Roland Harwood on open innovation, how he's helped organizations from Lego to the UN to implement change, and why he believes physics is leading the way in collaboration
Read article: Opening up innovation and change
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: The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron
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: Seeing the Earth through alien eyes: an extraterrestrial view of our planet
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: Demons to think with: the rebels you mustn’t ignore
Having originally done a PhD in quantum computing, patent attorney Katherine Brown explains why a scientific background is an asset in this area
Read article: Using physics to patent inventions
