Read article: Going global: the world the Web has wrought
Going global: the world the Web has wrought
Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of globalization
Read article: Going global: the world the Web has wrought
Read article: A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
With the James Webb Space Telescope finally launched, Keith Cooper explores the mission’s troubled past, its technological advances and the exciting future of astronomy
Read article: Sensing gravity, the quantum way
Sensing gravity, the quantum way
Michael Allen explains the technology that goes into building a quantum gravity sensor, and its multitude of uses in research and industry
Read article: Setting the scene for a quantum marketplace: where quantum business is up to and how it might unfold
Setting the scene for a quantum marketplace: where quantum business is up to and how it might unfold
Philip Ball investigates the successes and pitfalls of commercializing quantum information technology
Read article: A valley of opportunities: delving into graphene’s perplexing non-local response
A valley of opportunities: delving into graphene’s perplexing non-local response
Luis Foà Torres and Sergio O Valenzuela delve into the ongoing mystery of graphene’s perplexing non-local response and the “valley Hall effect”
Read article: Life beyond the Nobel: why physicists love to leave the herd
Life beyond the Nobel: why physicists love to leave the herd
Many physicists who win a Nobel prize find the freedom it brings lets them carve out new research paths. But often the shift in focus began long before their prize was conferred
Read article: High-spec open-source microscopy for all
High-spec open-source microscopy for all
Richard Bowman and Julian Stirling of the Bath Open Instrumentation Group describe the lessons learnt in developing a low-cost, laboratory-grade microscope
Read article: Scanning the cosmos for signs of alien technology
Scanning the cosmos for signs of alien technology
The idea of scouring the skies for signs of technosignatures from advanced civilizations is gaining momentum, as David Appell discovers
Read article: Proton arc therapy: do we need it; can we deliver it?
Proton arc therapy: do we need it; can we deliver it?
Tami Freeman reports on the latest developments with the technique and its potential to improve cancer treatments
Read article: Getting physical with the climate crisis
Getting physical with the climate crisis
James Dacey examines four vital challenges where physicists can help the world to decarbonize and adapt to the reality of global warming
