Read article: The future is flexible
Thin 2D semiconductors could lead to a new generation of flexible, wearable electronic devices – ideal for military and outdoor applications, as Nicola Townsend and Iddo Amit explain
Read article: Whizz-bang science
Everyone loves a great firework display, especially when it's New Year's Eve. Pierre Thebault explains the physics of fireworks and describes how pryrotechnicians are improving these spectacles
Read article: Collaborative vision takes photonics into the future
Hugo Thienpont talks to Anna Demming about the importance of collaboration for the continued success of the photonics sector
Read article: The quantum Y2K moment
Quantum computers threaten many of the encryption systems that keep online communications secure. Margaret Harris investigates plans to make the Internet "quantum-safe"
Read article: Playing games with quantum computers
Want to understand how quantum computers work and what they can do? Try developing games for them, suggests James Wootton
Read article: SUPA power: Scottish universities combine forces to boost research and training
Interconnected graduate school allows hundreds of physics PhD students to access more than 800 hours of lectures across 50 advanced specialist physics courses
Read article: Skills for start-ups
Physicist-for-hire Volker Türck shares his tips, experience and successes, when it comes to setting up a a scientific consultancy service
Read article: The search for silicon’s successor
In today's solar-PV market, silicon is king. Will later generations of materials ever steal its crown? Jon Major assesses their chances
Read article: Seeing through a glass, darkly
Solar windows could make buildings "greener", but past attempts to commercialize the technology have run into obstacles. Will the latest efforts succeed?
Read article: It’s all smoots and garns
From a human ruler to a space-sickness scale, Stephen Ornes looks at how some of the oddest and most surreal units came to exist
