Read article: First winners of Bell Burnell fellowships announced by the Institute of Physics
Four female PhD students awarded grants from fund to encourage diversity in physics
Read article: Men and women go separate ways: why inquiry-based labs exacerbate gender imbalance
Male students in inquiry-based labs handle equipment more, while women spend twice as long on laptops
Read article: CERN approves further work on Future Circular Collider – but delays final decision
European strategy update proposes further work on a huge 100 km circular collider at CERN, but a final decision to build it will not be made until 2026
Read article: US scientific societies condemn racism in the wake of George Floyd death
Protests have erupted in the US following the killing of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer
Read article: Hubble at 30: how NASA’s telescope went from ‘techno-turkey’ to iconic observatory
The Hubble Space Telescope almost single-handedly transformed astronomical research and altered the public’s perception of space. After 30 years, attention is turning to its succ...
Read article: Critical research hit as COVID-19 forces physics labs to close
Major labs have shut their doors in response to the worldwide lockdown, but a few remain open and in some cases are carrying out critical work related to the COVID-19 pandemic
To celebrate 30 years since Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the idea of a World Wide Web, this special collection explores how scientists are exploiting digital technologies to understand online behaviour and drive research progress
Read article: Did a black-hole merger create a flash in a distant quasar?
Second signal from a hurtling black hole expected soon
Read article: Brighter prospects for treating a rare lung cancer
Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy could bring new light to cancer patients with almost no treatment options
Read article: Beetle-inspired film reflects 95% of solar radiation
Material could be used to cool cars and electronics
Read article: Near infrared fluorescence imaging provides early diagnosis of cracked teeth
Identifying cracked teeth at an early stage could help diagnose the source of toothache and prevent potential tooth loss
Read article: Why insulated metals cool down faster than their bare counterparts
Cryogenic experiments and a new thermodynamic model shed fresh light on the Leidenfrost effect
Read article: Matrix approach removes distortions in ultrasound images
Researchers in France have developed a novel approach to minimize blurring in medical ultrasound images
Read article: Finding a consistent constant
Keith Cooper investigates the discrepancies in values of the Hubble constant and asks what this might mean for cosmology
Read article: UHV analytical stages: positioning for success in surface science studies
UHV Design continues to push the boundaries when it comes to sample manipulation, positioning and preparation in ultrahigh-vacuum environments
Read article: Making images with sound
Floating visual displays created using acoustically levitated particles could lead to galleries of singing heads. Michael Allen investigates
Read article: Why ultrafast detection is ultra-good
Charalampos Tsoumpas explains why our ability to track gamma rays emitted just picoseconds apart could lead to new medical-imaging devices
Read article: The potential of far-ultraviolet light for the next pandemic
Recent research suggests that a small range of light at far-ultraviolet wavelengths could be safe for humans but deadly to viruses. Jon Cartwright investigates
Read article: The blue solution
Powerful blue lasers are producing the high-quality copper welds needed to make batteries for electric vehicles, as Richard Stevenson reports
Read article: Happy ‘Helium Conservation Day’, faeces-firing penguins, more physics of bending spaghetti
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Read article: David Leckrone’s scientific highlights from three decades of the Hubble Space Telescope
Astrophysicist and former senior project scientist for Hubble picks his favourites
Read article: The physics of N95 masks, imaging sensitive corals, how Fermilab’s PIP-II accelerator will work
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Hubble trouble, fighting ‘flat-Earthers’ and blue lasers for batteries: the July 2020 edition of Physics World is now out
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Read article: Exotic locales for alien life, meet a 16-year-old satellite scientist
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: From the lab to the courtroom
Sidney Perkowitz on two physicists who helped lay the foundations of forensic science
Read article: Bipartisan bill aims to revamp National Science Foundation
Lawmakers are seeking to change the remit of the National Science Foundation so that it focuses more on the commercialization of research
Read article: The secrets of success in electron and ion optics
Customer-centric innovation is helping US manufacturer Kimball Physics to prosper
Read article: In-line spectral monitoring gets ready to shine
Ocean Insight’s Liquid Transmission Measurement System (LTMS) provides real-time, in-line monitoring of liquid colouring and coating applications used across the consumer electro...
