All Physics

Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic
Added: 11 Jun 2021
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be don…

Sedentarism and other physical health risks for laboratory workers
Added: 9 Jun 2021
During the course of the last year, many more people have had to get used to working from home. The…

Retargeting space: converting offices to labs
Added: 7 Jun 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly …

Electron microscopy just became a thousand times more efficient
Added: 3 Jun 2021
Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the…

Record quantum entanglement rates: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
Added: 2 Jun 2021
In a landmark step for quantum communications, researchers have achieved record entanglement rates …

Scientific research opens doors to unexpected careers
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Humans have an innate sense of curiosity, making us natural scientists from the moment we come into…

EV design concept capable of 30% longer range
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Automotive innovation start-up has revealed a patented design concept for an electric vehicle capab…

Commercial quanta image sensors - a new era in solid-state imaging
Added: 27 May 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon c…

UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects
Added: 27 May 2021
UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five …

First virtual symposium on quantum technology, semiconductors, and power generation
Added: 24 May 2021
Oxford Instruments plc is pleased to announce its first Virtual Symposium on Quantum Technology, Se…

X-ray Ptychography performed for first time at small-scale Laboratory Source
Added: 21 May 2021
X-ray ptychography has been used to perform high-resolution phase contrast diffraction imaging on s…

High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars
Added: 21 May 2021
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-…

Machine learning to predict demand
Added: 14 May 2021
The impact of non-scientific demand forecasting can be significant for perishable consumables used …

How to keep your research on target
Added: 30 Apr 2021
Is a lack of focus baffling your team? Dr Matthew Partridge recommends setting research goals and s…

Declining work-life balance for scientific researchers, survey finds
Added: 27 Apr 2021
Reseachers are generally known for their dedication and the percieved norm is that many work for pa…

Visualising the light-bending dance of binary black holes using NASA's Discover supercomputer
Added: 20 Apr 2021
Try to imagine and describe a black hole. A big one! Now try to imagine a second supermassive black…

Innovation roadmap to improve smartphone apps for point-of-care diagnosis and treatment guidance
Added: 19 Apr 2021
A new review paper looks at advanced research in smartphone-based imaging systems for healthcare. T…

What should the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency look like?
Added: 15 Apr 2021
Following the announcement of the proposed launch of the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (…

Research points to a green energy system sooner than we'd hoped!
Added: 1 Apr 2021
Research shows solar photovoltaics are already cheaper, more innovative, and more integrated into t…

Industrialisation of fundamental physics research advances light source and sensor technologies
Added: 29 Mar 2021
Collaboration between specialist academic research and industrial expert engineers is proving key t…