Advanced photonics and techniques from the microchip industry are enabling physicists to develop light-based particle accelerators as small as a grain of rice, describes Joel England
Read article: How to shrink an accelerator
Shane D Bergin, Stefan Hutzler and Denis Weaire describe how a funnel full of pitch became a media sensation
Read article: The drop heard round the world
It is well known that the Milky Way rotates around a supermassive black hole, but researchers have found that our galaxy undulates up and down as well like a giant galactic merry-go-round
Read article: Our wobbly galaxy: the surprising undulations of the Milky Way
As Brazil climbs up the global economic leaderboard, a rapid increase in science funding is transforming the country’s research landscape
Read article: Brazil transforms its research landscape
Felicity Mellor explains why today's physicists need time and space to think
Read article: The power of silence
Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn is reshaping the way they teach physics
Read article: Habits of mind: how thinking like a scientist can improve teaching physics
A diverse group of physicists describe their experiences of working abroad to Sharon Ann Holgate
Read article: Navigating new cultures
Philip Moriarty describes his experiences in front of the camera as one of the stars of the Sixty Symbols series YouTube videos
Read article: The power of YouTube
Margaret Morrison explores “fictional” models in physics such as James Clerk Maxwell's invisible, all-pervasive “aether”
Read article: How fictional models shape science
Jon Cartwright finds out why physicists are still scratching their heads over the value of the gravitational constant, "big G"
Read article: The lure of G
