Read article: Physicist on top of the world
Melanie Windridge describes how science and technology has improved the chances of survival on Mount Everest, helping her get to the highest point on Earth safely
Read article: Thinking points for career bliss
Graduates and more experienced job-seekers alike need to be aware, willing and able to ensure they find the most fulfilling career path, says Jack Bailey
Read article: How to build a super-magnet
Ziad Melhem outlines the thinking that went into the design and development of the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet
Read article: Beefing up X-rays at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
A major upgrade to make the light source even brighter will rest on four pillars of instrumentation, as Jon Cartwright reports
Read article: Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem
With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage
Read article: Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems
How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science
Read article: Studying impossible systems with analogues
Some experiments just can't be done, so scientists turn to analogues. Matthew Francis discusses how these simpler systems can be used to study the complex
Read article: Master’s programme offers fast-track to nuclear industry
Collaboration between disciplines, and between research and industry, is what defines an MSc in nuclear science and engineering at the University of Bristol, UK
Read article: Open-science hardware in the developing world
Rachel Brazil looks at the evolution of open-science hardware and why it is a vital lifeline for research in the developing world
Read article: Where the energy goes
Sehwook Lee, John Hauptman and Richard Wigmans describe how recent developments in calorimeters are helping to advance the field
