Telescopes and space missions Feature Hubble’s greatest hits Relive all the best images and results from the Hubble telescope in the company of Mark Voit Read article: Hubble’s greatest hits
Quantum mechanics Feature Quantum computing…with a twist Steve Simon explains why the theory of knots could play a role in quantum information processing Read article: Quantum computing…with a twist
Renewables Feature Urban cool: how to make cities less hot than their surroundings Summer in the city can be stifling, but appropriate surfaces and vegetation can cool us off, says Roland Ennos Read article: Urban cool: how to make cities less hot than their surroundings
Particle therapy Feature Damage limitation Treating tumours with hadrons rather than X-rays has many benefits for patients, as John Gordon explains Read article: Damage limitation
Vacuum and cryogenics Feature Vacuum helps limit greenhouse gases Abatement techniques can help make industrial processes "greener" by managing gas emissions, as Andy Extance explains Read article: Vacuum helps limit greenhouse gases
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: Bright future for fusion careers
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: A global vision for vision
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: I’m a football fan…get me out of here
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: Symbols of power: how adinkras could lead to fresh insights into supersymmetry
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: You’re so predictable
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