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
French physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot – the granddaughter of Marie Curie – discusses the "Curie complex" and shares her tips for scientific success
Read article: Curing the Curie complex
Pete Lawrence describes his quest since childhood to see this elusive phenomenon
Read article: The green flash
Ian Randall reports on the finding that whistler waves can come from volcanoes
Read article: Whistling volcanoes: radio waves in volcanic lightning
