The decades-old question of whether humans can see individual photons is on the brink of being answered thanks to advances in quantum optics
Read article: Seeing single photons: could human eyes detect quantum effects?
Peter Barham describes how he has combined his passion for penguins with his expertise in physics
Read article: Penguin physics
Foods designed to make us feel full could help stem rising rates of obesity. Cait MacPhee explores the potential of these "functional foods"
Read article: Hungry for solutions
Louise Mayor discovers how physicists are optimizing the manufacture of this popular salty snack
Read article: The journey of a crisp
While the ESS will be the most powerful source of neutrons in the world, David Burman looks at a proposal to modify the facility’s linear accelerator to also produce neutrinos
Read article: From neutrons to neutrinos at the European Spallation Source
Despite talk of skills shortages, most graduates in scientific disciplines take jobs outside science. Patrick White and Emma Smith reflect on why this is and what it means for the long-term career pro...
Read article: Taking the long view
Matin Durrani visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US to learn about a unique microscope being built there
Read article: Towards a neutron microscope: seeing where other particles fail to reach
Jon Cartwright talks to the physicists who are hoping to find a flaw in the equivalence principle
Read article: The descent of mass
As Europe’s neutron supply could fall by as much as half within the next couple of decades, newly developed sources could stave off the decline
Read article: Plugging the deficit in Europe’s neutron supply
Do breakthroughs in physics occur through sudden “light-bulb moments”, or are they more often the result of solid, hard graft? Philip Ball talks to physicists who have experienced...
Read article: In search of claritons
