Read article: Why optics is critical to meeting society’s grand challenges
Jolyon De Freitas says that the ubiquity of optics and photonics in the coming decades will provide many challenges but ample opportunities too
Read article: Could the answer to the Antikythera astronomical device emerge from a Manhattan basement?
Robert P Crease meets Michael Dubno, who is trying to solve the mystery of the ancient Antikythera mechanical device
Read article: Tech phoenix: how electric-vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporation is rising from the ashes
James McKenzie reveals the lessons we can learn from vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporations after the fall from grace of its CEO
Read article: A love of triangles, the physics of spin, volcanic science and Pascal’s papers: micro reviews of the best recent books
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books
Read article: The art of cosmic simulations: can we build a universe on a computer?
Savan Kharel reviews Simulating the Cosmos: Why the Universe Looks the Way It Does by Romeel Davé
Read article: Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
Robert P Crease on why we can thank Ursula Le Guin for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
Read article: The fusion industry must rise to its tritium challenge
Fusion still has many issues to iron out before it can become a viable energy source, as John Evans explains
Read article: Decimal time: life in a world where our days are divided differently
Betty Barber reviews The Clockwork Conspiracy by Sam Sedgman
Read article: What lies beneath: unearthing the secret interior lives of planets
Ian Randall reviews What’s Hidden Inside Planets? by Sabine Stanley
Read article: Astronomers versus activists: the battle over San Diego’s streetlights
Robert P Crease recalls the time when Palomar astronomers found themselves in a fight with locals
