Read article: Flat-pack physics: where art meets science in the third dimension
From solar panels to nanoscale machines, physics applications of origami and kirigami have surged in recent years. Simon Perks reports
Read article: Portrait of a black hole
Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope are aiming their global network of telescopes towards the black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Read article: Six secrets of champagne
Gérard Liger-Belair reveals the hidden science of the world’s top sparkling wine
Read article: Surviving at the extremes: the physics of ‘extremophiles’
Lorna Dougan explains how physicists are helping to unravel the properties of organisms in Earth's least hospitable places
Read article: Fifty shades of black
Jon Cartwright reports on the rival groups creating the darkest substances yet
Read article: The Master’s route
A Master's degree in physics can open many doors, but is it the right step for your career? Alaina G Levine explores the options
Read article: Gisela Eckhardt and the Raman laser
Gisela Eckhardt was one of the early pioneers in laser physics. Valdas Pasiskevicius, Richard Mildren and David Burman tell the largely unknown story...
Read article: Unchartered underground
Stephen Ornes shines a light on the small band of "speleophysicists" who combine their love of physics with a passion for caves
Read article: The secret life of scientific ideas
How do great ideas in physics come about? Vitor Cardoso shares insights from his web-based project The Birth of an Idea
Read article: Catching gravity, rolling by
David Appell explores how the Advanced LIGO facility is designed to detect gravitational waves
