Julianna Photopoulos explores the issues of racial and gender bias in AI – and what physicists can do to recognize and tackle the problem
Read article: Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence
A century after “nuclear isomers” were discovered, Philip Walker and Zsolt Podolyák explore these long-lived, excited nuclear states
Read article: Celebrating a century of nuclear isomers
Multi-layered solar cells stand on the brink of 50% efficiency, but are more likely to be installed in space than on Earth, as Richard Stevenson explains
Read article: Sunny superpower: solar cells close in on 50% efficiency
Physicists are developing ways to measure emissions from cattle, reports Michael Allen
Read article: Battling bovine belching: measuring methane emissions from cows
Materials scientist Arnab Basu, head of radiation-detection technology developer Kromek, on spin-offs, COVID-19 and the future
Read article: Combining materials science and entrepreneurship to found a spin-off
Troels Schönfeldt talks about his career change from particle physics to co-founder and chief executive of Seaborg Technologies
Read article: Switching career from particle physics to nuclear power
Laura Hiscott hears from physicists working in a range of different careers at the March meeting of the American Physical Society
Read article: Spoilt for choice: APS March meeting explores the wide range of careers available to physicists
Rachel Brazil explains how magnetic information stored in ancient artefacts reveals the recent history of the Earth’s magnetic field
Read article: Digging up magnetic clues: archaeology sheds light on magnetic moments of the past
Davide Michieletto explains how DNA can be harnessed to create a new generation of “topologically active” materials
Read article: Make or break: building soft materials with DNA
The long-standing physics problem is being tackled with renewed vigour by today’s cosmologists. Rob Lea investigates
Read article: A new generation takes on the cosmological constant
