Ultrapure graphene is grown in labs under carefully controlled conditions, but Mark Thompson believes that exploiting the material’s properties on a large scale requires a different approach
Read article: Making graphene by the tonne
The astrophysicist famed for the discovery of pulsars explains why she is putting her money into making physics more diverse
Read article: Jocelyn Bell Burnell reveals the motivations behind her new $3m graduate-student fund
Neil Lawson explains the principles of ground-source heat pumps and their prospects in the UK
Read article: Harnessing heat from the shallow Earth
Architects and building designers must work closely with the scientific end-user to create optimized laboratory environments for the latest scanning-probe-microscopy systems
Read article: ‘Out-of-the-box’ thinking is better by design
Will Foxall is a creative technologist for the South West Creative Technology Network, based at the Watershed in Bristol, UK
Read article: Once a physicist: Will Foxall
Paul Davies talks about information theory; the messy business of life, and how it comes to be, and and the motivations behind his latest book on the subject
Read article: Life, the universe and everything: an interview with Paul Davies
CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti outlines how the planned Future Circular Collider could open the door to new physics
Read article: Preparing for a post-LHC future
Paul Bate works on a healthcare app and has previously been a science adviser for the UK government
Read article: Once a physicist: Paul Bate
From Brexit to basic research, European Physical Society president Rüdiger Voss on the challenges and opportunities for the continent's physicists
Read article: Celebrating 50 years of the European Physical Society
Grégoire Ribordy, co-founder of the pioneering quantum-key-distribution firm ID Quantique, shares his company's "start-up story"
Read article: Becoming a quantum entrepreneur
