Industrial procurement in fusion
Dan Mistry outlines how industry can compete for valuable fusion contracts
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Tritium–deuterium plasma puts the heat on ITER’s first wall
The UK firm MG Sanders is developing tungsten tile modules that will soon be installed in the Joint European Torus, where the components will be evaluated for use in the ITER fusion reactor. Ian Warri...
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Eyeballing the universe
Just over a year ago, the online project Galaxy Zoo was launched. Two of its founders, Chris Lintott and Kate Land, reflect on the story of one of the most innova...
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Rewards of renewables
Thanks to concerns about carbon emissions and the rising price of fossil fuels, the green-energy industry is currently experiencing huge growth worldwide. This presents plenty of interesting and lucr...
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A light in the dark?
For the last 10 years physicists in Italy have been claiming to have directly detected dark matter, which is believed to make up 23% of the universe. Edwin Cartlidge finds out why their results conti...
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Secure your future
A background in physics plus a keen interest in politics and current affairs can add up to a rewarding career in international security, as James Acton explains
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Building for the future
The surprising pleasures of life as a "building physicist"
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A quantum renaissance
Markus Aspelmeyer and Anton Zeilinger on how technological advances let us readdress fundamental quantum puzzles
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Collaborations drive innovation at JEOL UK
Mike Hepburn, managing director of JEOL UK, tells Hamish Johnston how the firm and its customers have flourished by working together
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Force-microscopy firm finds success in 3D
Asylum Research was built on its founder’s zeal for biophysics - but now its atomic force microscopes are pointing the way towards denser computer memories, and one even has appeared in one of the w...
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