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: Gisela Eckhardt and the Raman laser
Stephen Ornes shines a light on the small band of "speleophysicists" who combine their love of physics with a passion for caves
Read article: Unchartered underground
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: Monitoring a smoking giant with muons: a plan for Popocatépetl
Scientists are preparing to glean insights in crater formation, materials science and mechanisms of mass extinction from the Chicxulub impact structure
Read article: Chicxulub: scientists revisit the crater of doom
How do great ideas in physics come about? Vitor Cardoso shares insights from his web-based project The Birth of an Idea
Read article: The secret life of scientific ideas
David Appell explores how the Advanced LIGO facility is designed to detect gravitational waves
Read article: Catching gravity, rolling by
The UK’s neutron and muon source, ISIS, has emerged from a major vacuum upgrade that will give researchers better tools for studying the structure of matter
Read article: Neutrons fit for the future: major upgrade for ISIS facility
A vacuum vessel that can simulate the harsh conditions on our planetary neighbour is an ideal testing ground for space instrumentation
Read article: Mimicking the Martian surface to test space devices
Bespoke vacuum sample environments at synchrotron X-ray facilities reveal nanoscale kinetics, chemical transformations and other processes relevant to materials synthesis
Read article: Vacuum environments aid nano exploration
It’s vital that politicians understand science. Len Fisher and John Tesh argue that scientists must also understand the nature of politics
Read article: How to advise a politician about science
