Casper Rutjes and Ute Ebert trace how our understanding of thunderstorm physics has evolved in recent decades and explain how neutron measurements could produce fresh insights
Read article: A natural neutron source
Tushna Commissariat travels to the forests of Louisiana to visit the gravitational-wave observatory where one of the most sensational discoveries of recent times was made
Read article: The great detector: a visit to LIGO Livingston
Choosing meaningful research topics at the start of a career is essential, say Philip G Judge, Isabel Lipartito and Roberto Casini, as they give their tips for the budding researc...
Read article: Starting out strong
Harvard physicists Isaac Silvera and Ranga Dias claim they made metallic hydrogen, but other remain unconvinced. Jon Cartwright explores both sides of the argument
Read article: Show us your metal
Robert P Crease talks to Nathan Myhrvold – author of the new five-volume blockbuster Modernist Bread – about the science and history of our favourite foodstuff
Read article: The physics of bread
Crystal Bailey urges today’s physics graduates to sharpen their skills – and their CVs – for careers in industry; while also calling on academic staff to provide students with mor...
Read article: Your pathway to industry
Japan's steel industry has benefited from strong links with academia and with neutron-science facilities, according to Kaoru Sato, Haruo Nakamichi and Hitoshi Sueyoshi
Read article: Bringing neutrons into the steel industry
Sarah Tesh and Jess Wade describe Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s highs and lows, as revealed in her recent IOP President’s Medal lecture
Read article: ‘Look happy dear, you’ve just made a discovery’
Linda Nordling speaks to Bernard Asabere, director of Ghana’s first astronomical telescope
Read article: The accidental astronomer: Bernard Asabere, Ghana’s first domestic space scientist
With the Cassini craft due to plunge into Saturn on 15 September, Joshua Colwell explains the scientific secrets it has revealed over the last 20 years
Read article: Cassini’s grand finale
