Our annual, free-to-read guide can help you pick from a diverse range of jobs following a degree in physics
Read article: Explore your PhD and Master’s options with Physics World Careers 2019
Alex Creely and Erica Salazar describe how a private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, is betting on advanced magnet technologies to make the fusion dream a reality
Read article: A commercial path to fusion
How hyperspectral imaging could help solve a trillion-dollar problem in the food industry – and cut carbon emissions, too
Read article: Taking a bite out of food waste
Rahul Mandal, a metrology researcher, talks about how his scientific thinking helped him become a baker and win The Great British Bake Off in 2018
Read article: Ready, set, bake
For quantum technologies to fulfil their promise, the systems that support them need to shrink. Laurence Coles explains how additive manufacturing could make it possible
Read article: Additive manufacturing makes vacuum systems smaller, lighter and smarter
Pascal Gallo, chief executive of LakeDiamond, on his career in quantum physics and crystal growth, and what goes into setting up a successful company
Read article: Diamonds are a physicist’s best friend
Apollo 11 was just the first of five further Apollo missions to land on the Moon. Sue Nelson explores their scientific legacy
Read article: Giant leaps for knowledge
Half a century after the historic Apollo 11 landing on 20 July 1969, Robert P Crease explains why the mission’s lunar laser ranging experiment is alive and well
Read article: How high the Moon
Ling Xin examines how the Chinese mission Chang’e-4 could reveal the Moon's far-side secrets
Read article: Exploring the far side
We all take the Moon for granted, but what would happen if our constant companion weren't there any more? Ethan Siegel considers the consequences
Read article: What’s in a moon?
