
Royal Society launches fellowships to support Black scientists
Pilot programme aims to address under-representation through funding and mentoring support
Pilot programme aims to address under-representation through funding and mentoring support
The percentage of people with a disability is also lower in physics than it is in the chemical and biological sciences
Women in technical PhD programmes are given less hands-on experience in patenting and commercial science compared to their male counterparts
The UK will also join the EU’s Copernicus Earth-observation programme but not its Euratom fusion initiative
The Aditya-L1 craft will improve our understanding of solar activity including the solar wind and solar flares
Zijie Yan was an “outstanding professor, researcher and mentor” colleague says
Research on heterostructured scintillators for time-of-flight PET wins the Roberts Prize for the best paper published in Physics in Medicine & Biology last year
Qubit reuse makes the most out of available hardware
New microscopy technique could be used to identify weak spots in metals and investigate biostructures
A study of algorithms used to detect heartbeats in photoplethysmography signals is awarded the Martin Black prize for the best paper published in Physiological Measurement last year
ALPHA-g is first to observe antihydrogen in freefall
Cluster known as El Gordo formed too soon to be explained by dark matter-based theories, astrophysicists claim
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No experiment ever works better than theory says it should, but that’s exactly what happened in atomic physics in the late 1980s, as Chad Orzel describes
James Dacey reports how new data from ancient crystals could transform our understanding of life on Earth
James Kakalios on the condensed-matter physics popularity problem and how to fix it
The early history of laser cooling is a tale of three Nobel prizes and plenty of hard work, as Chad Orzel reveals
Dive into the depths of a volcano or spin into a cyclone as physicists tune into natural disasters using muon tomography
Treesearch partners with large-scale research facilities like the MAX IV synchrotron to realize sustainable products based on forest materials. Joe McEntee finds out more
Run-away prices almost prevented Otto Stern from doing a seminal quantum experiment
The 2013 physics prize for the Higgs boson illustrates a big challenge facing the Nobel committee
Excerpts from the Red Folder
We are keen on condensed matter and optical physics this year, or perhaps quantum
Part one of Physic World’s visit to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Scientists in Ukraine are still in survival mode following Russia’s invasion of the country, but they are finding ways to continue their science
Medscint eyes a paradigm shift in small-field dosimetry with its proprietary optical know-how in the field of plastic scintillation detectors
With this year's Peer Review Week kicking off on 23 September, journal editors from The Electrochemical Society share their perspectives on this essential part of the scientific pr...
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