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: ‘Where everybody knows everybody else’: life as an instrument scientist
Estelle Mossou explains how she balances the demands of users while carrying out her own research
Read article: Targeting industry at the UK’s neutron source
The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source has just installed a suite of new instruments at its second target station and is looking to bring in more users from industry
Read article: China joins the spallation club
Ling Xin reports on the construction of China’s first “super neutron microscope”
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: Monitoring a smoking giant with muons: a plan for Popocatépetl
James Dacey investigates a plan to use muons to peer inside Mexico’s famous volcano Popocatépetl to help predict the timing and extent of its fiery outbursts
Read article: Chicxulub: scientists revisit the crater of doom
Scientists are preparing to glean insights in crater formation, materials science and mechanisms of mass extinction from the Chicxulub impact structure
