Read article: 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
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
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?
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
James Dacey examines four vital challenges where physicists can help the world to decarbonize and adapt to the reality of global warming
Read article: Imaging metabolism in action
Felicia Green and Anna Simmonds unveil the ambitious biological mass spectrometry programme at the Rosalind Franklin Institute
Read article: The enduring mystery of the solar corona
The Sun’s magnetic fields make its corona much hotter than the surface of the star. But how and why is still a mystery, as Philip G Judge explains
Read article: Standing on the shoulders of programmers: the power of free and open-source software
Achintya Rao looks at free and open-source software used in physics research, and its role in the wider open-science movement
Read article: Process innovations benefit battery manufacture
Vacuum specialists are working with production engineers to make lithium-ion battery manufacturing more efficient, as Susan Curtis reports
Read article: Twists, turns, thrills and spills: the physics of rollercoasters
There is much more physics at play than simply gravity and speed when it comes to the thrill of rollercoasters, as Michael Allen discovers
