Jocelyn Bell Burnell reveals the motivations behind her new $3m graduate-student fund
The astrophysicist famed for the discovery of pulsars explains why she is putting her money into making physics more diverse
Harnessing heat from the shallow Earth
Neil Lawson explains the principles of ground-source heat pumps and their prospects in the UK
‘Out-of-the-box’ thinking is better by design
Architects and building designers must work closely with the scientific end-user to create optimized laboratory environments for the latest scanning-probe-microscopy systems
Life, the universe and everything: an interview with Paul Davies
Paul Davies talks about information theory; the messy business of life, and how it comes to be, and and the motivations behind his latest book on the subject
Preparing for a post-LHC future
CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti outlines how the planned Future Circular Collider could open the door to new physics
Celebrating 50 years of the European Physical Society
From Brexit to basic research, European Physical Society president Rüdiger Voss on the challenges and opportunities for the continent's physicists
Becoming a quantum entrepreneur
Grégoire Ribordy, co-founder of the pioneering quantum-key-distribution firm ID Quantique, shares his company's "start-up story"
The quantum space race
Siddarth Koduru Joshi says that countries are racing to build the first quantum network in space
Building platforms for materials innovation
The hassle of making and testing prototypes for solar cells and organic electronics inspired three Sheffield-based physicists to start their own company
Fuelling the planet
Working at the interface of academia and industry in the energy sector makes for exciting research, as John Irvine tells Anna Demming
