Read article: Bright future for fusion careers Vacuum and cryogenics Feature Bright future for fusion careers Roberto Kersevan reveals life and work as a vacuum scientist at the ITER fusion project
Read article: A global vision for vision Optics and photonics Feature A global vision for vision When atomic physicist Josh Silver<\strong> thought of a new technology that could help billions of people in the developing world, he invented spectacles that can be self-adjusted to the userâ...
Read article: I’m a football fan…get me out of here Mathematical physics Feature I’m a football fan…get me out of here Physics can help crowds to exit safely from stadia, says Andreas Schadschneider
Read article: Symbols of power: how adinkras could lead to fresh insights into supersymmetry Mathematics and computation Feature Symbols of power: how adinkras could lead to fresh insights into supersymmetry S James Gates explains how research on a class of geometric symbols known as adinkras could lead to fresh insights into the theory of supersymmetry
Read article: You’re so predictable Mathematical physics Feature You’re so predictable Despite the spontaneity we think that we exhibit, our behaviour is far more predictable than we may admit, as Albert-László Barabási explains
Read article: Dark energy: how the paradigm shifted Dark matter and energy Feature Dark energy: how the paradigm shifted Lucy Calder and Ofer Lahav shed light on the background to the discovery of dark energy
Read article: And then there was light Lasers Feature And then there was light Pauline Rigby describes how a then little-known scientist became the first person to design and build a working laser
Read article: From ray-gun to Blu-ray Lasers Feature From ray-gun to Blu-ray Fifty years after their invention, Sidney Perkowitz examines the huge impact of lasers on science, culture and everyday life
Read article: Where next for the laser? Lasers Feature Where next for the laser? Six laser experts recall how the laser has advanced their fields of interest – and speculate where it will take these areas next
Read article: Fusion’s bright new dawn Nuclear fusion Feature Fusion’s bright new dawn The world's largest laser could transform the search for abundant, carbon-free electricity, as Mike Dunne explains
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays