Read article: Coldest: how a letter to Einstein and advances in laser-cooling technology led physicists to new quantum states of matter
The road to Bose–Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases was paved with ideas that shouldn’t have worked, but did, as Chad Orzel explains
Read article: Reed College: the only place in the US where students get to run a real nuclear reactor
What’s a nuclear reactor doing in a liberal arts curriculum, asks Robert P Crease
Read article: How networking can bolster diversity in physics
Claire Malone describes how you can improve those all-important networking skills
Read article: Robert Oppenheimer: how cinema has depicted this icon of the nuclear age
Sidney Perkowitz casts his eye over Oppenheimer and other movies that have depicted the horrors of atomic bombs
Read article: The laws of division: physicists probe into the polarization of political opinions
Anna Demming digs into the physics of political polarization
Read article: Thomas Young: prolific polymath and unassuming genius
Martin Rees on the legacy of Thomas Young and his discoveries across the arts and sciences
Read article: Moiya McTier: from scientist to science communicator
Moiya McTier describes her journey from academic research to science communication
Read article: Plug me in: the physics of brain–computer interfaces
Developments in neurotechnology, biophysics and material science are helping to advance the technology that can link your brain to a computer
Read article: Powering the green economy: the quest for magnets without rare earths
James McKenzie describes the search for new magnets that do away with controversial “rare-earth” elements entirely
Read article: Spinning a sustainable fashion revolution: meet the physicists turning wood into clothes
Physicist and entrepreneur Janne Poranen on transforming cellulose into clothing, to combat the environmental impact of the textile industry
