Read article: Are you good enough to cross the valley?
In his third article on funding hi-tech firms, James McKenzie looks at recent initiatives to help them jump over the “valley of death”
Read article: Tandem solar cells edge towards 30% efficiency
Commercial models will be ready in 2022, manufacturer says
Read article: Supporting the scale-up of quantum computers
Martin Weides is consultant technical director to Oxford Instruments NanoScience, which builds equipment for applications from quantum science to nanotechnology
Read article: The business of holidays: why going away can earn you money
Can a holiday make you rich? James McKenzie explains how business ideas – both big and small – often arise when you’re away on vacation
Read article: Summer internships: Maria Violaris – ‘I developed general research skills, which are useful in both industry and academia’
Laura Hiscott speaks to Maria Violaris, an early-career physicist who did summer internships at Innovia Technology and Riverlane
Read article: Why these tax benefits could help you start a business
In the second of a series of articles on how to start and fund a business, James Mckenzie looks at government tax incentives
Read article: Where did all the calculus go?
Niki Bell argues that mathematics A-level could be reformed so that it does more to support physics students
Read article: Summer internships: Claire Houghton – ‘I got to see real scientific experiments, where no-one knows exactly what’s going to happen’
Laura Hiscott speaks to Claire Houghton, an early-career physicist who did summer internships at Kurt J Lesker and Adaptix
Read article: Summer internships: Marion Cromb – ‘I learnt good coding practice, and the code was actually sold to customers at the end’
Laura Hiscott speaks to Marion Cromb, a physics PhD student who did an internship every summer of their undergraduate degree
Read article: Spending your summer wisely: internships special
Laura Hiscott speaks to some early-career physicists who did summer internships in different places, from start-ups to university departments
Read article: CityU physics: investing in ‘rising stars’ to deliver sustained research excellence
City University of Hong Kong is seeking the ‘brightest and best’ early-career physicists with a breadth of international research experience
Read article: High-resolution microscope is made from LEGO bricks
Low-cost device uses replacement iPhone camera
Read article: New non-COVID research projects plunge by a third since the start of the pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic beginning to show long-lasting impact on scientific research, says US study
Read article: Nobel laureates call for ‘urgent’ action on the climate ahead of the G7 summit
A group of 126 Nobel laureates has released a statement claiming that time is running out to prevent irreversible changes to the climate
Read article: Protect the scientists of tomorrow from the impact of the pandemic
Karel Green says that funders must support all PhD students due to the devastating impact on research caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
Read article: UK physicists begin life outside the EU – but remain in Horizon Europe
The true impact of the Brexit agreement between the UK and EU is likely to be difficult to unravel given the ongoing pandemic
Read article: US president Joe Biden sets out his science agenda
Biden has appointed the geneticist Eric Lander as his science adviser and elevated the position to the cabinet
Read article: Joe Biden’s inauguration: why the rebuilding of trust in science is not over yet
Robert P Crease is not sure if the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th US president will automatically herald a new day for science in the US
Read article: Construction go-ahead for €2bn Square Kilometre Array
Huge radio telescope will be complete by 2030 featuring hundreds of radio dishes and thousands of radio antennas in southern Africa and Australia
Read article: First results from UK tokamak offers a STEP towards commercial fusion
Findings from the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak experiment indicate a ten-fold reduction in exhaust heat load
Read article: Ethical hacking group worms its way into Fermilab
The Sakura Samurai team discovered configuration data for the lab’s NoVa experiment and more than 4500 “tickets” for tracking internal projects
Read article: Crisis in a lockdown: how NIST coped with a radiation leak
Robert P Crease describes how news of a radiation leak at a US neutron facility was handled in today’s online, networked and locked-down world
Read article: How the Daya Bay experiment helped China build a neutrino legacy
Ling Xin examines the legacy of the recently closed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment and the future of neutrino physics in China
Read article: Biggest expansion of known chemical universe targeted by FRIB nuclear facility
The upcoming Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan promises great things for nuclear physicists, as Kit Chapman discovers
