Impact

Business and innovation

Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?

Businesses must take action on climate change, which is why – says James McKenzie – it’s an example of a “Pascal’s wager”

Innovations power the physics of the future at the APS March Meeting

We preview what will be on show at the world's largest physics conference and exhibit

The secret to flying carbon-free

James McKenzie wonders how realistic it will be to de-carbonize air travel

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Realistic visions for augmented-reality headsets

After an euphoric few years, developers of augmented reality devices face tough challenges ahead

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Physicists come top in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge

Spectroscopy specialists Senorics and milk-analysis firm Labby take first and second prize in the annual Photonics West competition

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A supercontinuum success story

Photonics experts share tales of bright ideas that panned out – and others where the outcome is yet to be determined

Education and outreach

Physics teaching: subject specialists can bridge the attainment gap

Ark Teacher Training wants to attract more physics graduates to support its mission of delivering better educational outcomes for children in disadvantaged communities

Inquiry-led physics lab courses boost student engagement, finds study

Students have better attitudes to experimental physics if lab classes teach experimention skills, not reinforce lecture content

Careers for physicists in a dynamic world

PhD students at a careers event in Edinburgh, UK picked up tips from physicists in data science, hi-tech manufacturing, medical AI and more

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CityU physics: east meets west on a growth trajectory

City University of Hong Kong has ambitious plans to deliver global recognition and impact from its fast-growing physics research programme

Empowering new scientific voices

Rose Mutiso and Jessamyn Fairfield say that public engagement helps to make science more diverse and collaborative

Making a difference

Three early-career scientists talk to Jude Dineley about their projects to make academia healthier, more productive and equitable

Policy and funding

Ask me anything: Crystal Bailey

The head of career programmes at the American Physical Society gives her advice to physics graduates

Tackling the grand challenges

Nobel laureate Steven Chu from Stanford University talks about his successes as energy secretary and tells Richard Blaustein how the US can collaborate in a competitive envi...