Richard Corfield examines whether nuclear power could launch NASA’s next generation of rockets into space
Read article: Nuclear-powered spacecraft: why dreams of atomic rockets are back on
IOP’s Teacher Training Scholarship programme provides a route into physics teaching for recent graduates and mid-career professionals
Read article: IOP Teacher Training Scholarships: opening up new opportunities whatever your background
Having recently completed her own PhD in physics, Pruthvi Mehta gives her five top tips for surviving your doctoral studies
Read article: How to survive a physics PhD
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: Coldest: how a letter to Einstein and advances in laser-cooling technology led physicists to new quantum states of matter
What’s a nuclear reactor doing in a liberal arts curriculum, asks Robert P Crease
Read article: Reed College: the only place in the US where students get to run a real nuclear reactor
Claire Malone describes how you can improve those all-important networking skills
Read article: How networking can bolster diversity in physics
Sidney Perkowitz casts his eye over Oppenheimer and other movies that have depicted the horrors of atomic bombs
Read article: Robert Oppenheimer: how cinema has depicted this icon of the nuclear age
Anna Demming digs into the physics of political polarization
Read article: The laws of division: physicists probe into the polarization of political opinions
Martin Rees on the legacy of Thomas Young and his discoveries across the arts and sciences
Read article: Thomas Young: prolific polymath and unassuming genius
Moiya McTier describes her journey from academic research to science communication
Read article: Moiya McTier: from scientist to science communicator
