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Working in medical physics: not your average career
For certain fields of physics, it can be tough to explain how the research has a direct benefit to society. That is never the case with medical physi…
5 years, 9 months ago
The mystery of missing marine plastic
In the May 2020 issue of Physics World, science journalist Marric Stevens wrote about the problem of the missing plastic in the world’s oceans. Altho…
5 years, 11 months ago
Doing physics in the time of COVID-19
Across the world, personal and professional lives have been profoundly affected during the past few months – and scientists are no exception. In this…
6 years ago
Tips for a rewarding career in physics
Most of the time science appears in the media – including in this podcast – the focus is on the scientific results. Rightly so, as scientific researc…
6 years ago
The acoustics of music and theatre venues
In the latest episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester learns about the acoustic design of public spaces, through conversations w…
6 years, 1 month ago
Book of the year 2019
Well written, novel and scientifically interesting for physicists – these are the criteria we use to select our Book of the Year prize. To reveal the…
6 years, 4 months ago
Physics and film, a match made in Hollywood
“Physics at the movies” is the theme of the November issue of Physics World magazine. In this star-studded episode of the Physics World Stories podca…
6 years, 5 months ago
Doing physics in microgravity environments
In this month’s Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester discovers why microgravity environments are such interesting places to do physics exper…
6 years, 6 months ago
Driving in the present
For many years, the electric car industry was viewed as a fringe sector, with some believing that cars running entirely on electricity would always r…
6 years, 6 months ago
Physics and the climate crisis
The UK, France, Ireland and Canada have already taken the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency, but many believe that the actions of these …
6 years, 8 months ago