Read article: Metamaterials hit the market: how the UK Metamaterials Network is turning research into reality
Claire Dancer and Alastair Hibbins explain the commercial potential of metamaterials
Read article: The physics of ice cream: food scientist Douglas Goff talks about this remarkable material
Our podcast guest is a leading expert on frozen desserts
Read article: Imaging and medical-physics firms bag Institute of Physics business awards 2024
James McKenzie gets excited by the firms winning Institute of Physics business awards
Read article: How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation
Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests
Read article: From qubits to metamaterials: tech that led to Institute of Physics business awards 2024
James McKenzie lifts the lid on some of the 2024 winners of the Institute of Physics business awards
Read article: From the blackboard to the boardroom: why university is a great place to become an entrepreneur
Robert Phillips argues that whatever your career ambitions, entrepreneurship skills will set you up for success
Read article: ‘Why do we have to learn this?’ A physics educator’s response to every teacher’s least favourite question
Mark Whalley argues that a physics education builds valuable skills, but not for the reasons often given to students
Read article: International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: our celebrations begin with a look at quantum networks and sensors
This podcast features quantum physicist Mete Atatüre of the University of Cambridge
Read article: PLANCKS physics quiz – how do you measure up against the brightest physics students in the UK and Ireland?
Put down the eggnog, pick up your pens, and be sure to show your working
Read article: Opening doors with outreach: using your physics skills to engage, inspire and break down barriers
A comprehensive guide for starting out in public engagement from The Ogden Trust
Read article: Astronomers can play an important role in explaining the causes and consequences of climate change, says astrophysicist
This podcast also looks at the connections between clouds and global warming
Read article: Why academia should be funded by governments, not students
Jonte Hance says that the increase in tuition fees will only delay the inevitable fall of the UK academic system
Read article: IOP president Keith Burnett outlines a ‘pivotal’ year ahead for UK physics
A failure to support physics and physics-based industries could result in missed opportunities, says Burnett
Read article: Trump nominates AI experts for key science positions
The appointments of Michael Kratsios and Lynne Parker have been broadly welcomed by the scientific community
Read article: Scientists braced for Donald Trump’s second term as US president
Early indications of the direction of Donald Trump’s second term as US president are already spooking some scientists
Read article: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab announces further staff layoffs
About 325 people, representing 5% of the lab’s employees, will be affected
Read article: EU must double its science budget to remain competitive, warns report
A committee of 15 experts from research and industry call for Framework Programme 10 to have a budget of at least €220bn
Read article: Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN
The Baltic nation is now the 24th member state of the Geneva-based particle-physics lab
Read article: Africa targets 2035 start date for synchrotron construction
The African Light Source Foundation’s conceptual design report hopes to encourage African leaders to support the project
Read article: The Arecibo Observatory’s ‘powerful radiation environment’ led to its collapse, claims report
The disaster in December 2020 was caused by the failure of zinc in the observatory’s cable sockets
Read article: UK particle physicist Mark Thomson selected as next CERN boss
Thomson will become the 17th director-general of the CERN particle-physics laboratory when he takes up the position in 2026
Read article: From buckyballs to biological membranes: ISIS celebrates 40 years of neutron science
As ISIS – the UK’s muon and neutron source – turns 40, Rosie de Laune and colleagues from ISIS explore the past, present and future of neutron scattering
Read article: DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos
Scientists will use the detector to study the interactions between antineutrinos and argon
Read article: Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem
Robert P Crease explains how Fermilab navigated an accidental leak of tritium
