Read article: Could this revolutionary plane turn air travel green?
The airline industry is emerging from COVID-19 with progress on de-carbonizing air travel, as James McKenzie discovers
Read article: Gorilla Glass: the unsung hero of the smartphone
James McKenzie reflects on the wonders of Gorilla Glass – an invention that protects billions of smartphones, tablets and laptops around the world from unwanted damage
Read article: Using physics to fuel fibre-optic innovation
Engineering physicist Christine Tremblay on making fibre-optic networks cheaper, smarter and more resilient, and opening the way to send voice, data and video streams at ever-increasing bit rates
Read article: The quantum hype cycle, revisited
Will quantum computing really be “bigger than fire”, as a speaker at a recent conference claimed? Margaret Harris examines the evidence
Read article: The International Day of Light: celebrating the power of glass
To celebrate the International Day of Light, James McKenzie reflects on the wonders of optical communications
Read article: Back to business: the American Physical Society’s 2022 March meeting takes place in Chicago
"We're back!": Dan Cooke expresses his delight at the American Physical Society's 2022 March meeting in Chicago
Read article: Hello interflexionality: what I learned from the 14th Gathering for Gardner
Robert P Crease relives the recent G4G14 meeting, where fun and science met
Read article: How to become a better PhD supervisor
Rikke Plougmann argues that PhD students can only thrive if their wellbeing – and not just their scientific development – is properly supported
Read article: Making science centre stage
Jim Grozier reviews The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity by Robin Ince
Read article: Using social media to turn people on to physics, vacuum supplier sets science-based targets for greenhouse gas reductions
We chat with Sara Fry from Atlas Copco – Vacuum Technique and Georgina Phillips of the Institute of Physics
Read article: Web of confusion
Jon Tarrant considers how the internet spreads misinformation about scientific principles and how that can confuse those looking to learn
Read article: Boosting the prospects of PhD students before and after graduation
We meet students and staff at two Scottish centres for doctoral training
Read article: High-energy physics: are the days of international collaboration coming to an end?
Michael Riordan worries that the glory days of international co-operation in particle physics could be endangered following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Read article: US philanthropic organizations spend over $30bn a year on science
Study finds that philanthropic funding in the US is now on a par with that of major government funding bodies
Read article: Applied physicist Arati Prabhakar becomes first female US science adviser
Prabhakar is also the first immigrant and person of colour to take up the role
Read article: Netherlands invests €1.1bn in the photonic-chip industry
The cash will be used to create hundreds of photonic start-up companies and scale up photonic-chip production
Read article: Arab Physical Society hosts inaugural event to celebrate founding
Online meeting includes talks by world-leading physicists including three Nobel-prize winners
Read article: Ukraine crisis: updates on the response from the physics and astronomy community
Russia is facing increasing international isolation following its invasion of Ukraine
Read article: Lia Merminga: directing the future of Fermilab
Lia Merminga, director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the US, on accelerator science, the future of particle physics and being the first woman in her new ro...
Read article: Was the discovery of the Higgs boson the pinnacle for high-energy physics at CERN?
The past, present and future of high-energy physics come under the spotlight in the July 2022 issue of Physics World
Read article: South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events
The BOOTES6 optical telescope will measure the brightness of transient sources when it starts up in mid-July
Read article: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3
Engineers will now begin increasing the luminosity before first collisions in June
Read article: China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade
Scientists in China have begun a transformation of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider that could pave the way for a future Higgs factory
Read article: MANDELA nuclear-physics laboratories open in South Africa
The two new labs will be used to train students and develop novel nuclear-physics detector technology.
