Read article: Why the UK should build its own X-ray free electron laser
Physicists Adam Kirrander and Jon Marangos are backing a proposal to build the UK’s first X-ray free electron laser
Read article: Neutrons reveal secrets of self-assembly
Emily Draper of the University of Glasgow uses neutrons to study self-assembly and has been awarded the BTM Willis Prize for her contributions to the field
Read article: The opportunities and challenges of doing science in China
Italian astrophysicist Roberto Soria on the opportunities and challenges of living in China and what changed when the pandemic hit
Read article: Ask me anything: Joanne O’Meara – ‘there is nothing better than sharing your passion for science and seeing it ignite in someone else’
Joanne O’Meara is professor of physics at the University of Guelph in Canada and does outreach with children including segments on the TV show Daily Planet
Read article: Tracking China’s rapid rise in lunar exploration
Ling Xin talks to Su Yan from the National Astronomical Observatories of China about the technology involved in monitoring China's Moon missions
Read article: Supporting the scale-up of quantum computers
Martin Weides is consultant technical director to Oxford Instruments NanoScience, which builds equipment for applications from quantum science to nanotechnology
Read article: 20,000 channels of seismic data reveal Arctic climate change
Geophysicist Rob Abbott on using a novel instrument to study sea ice in the Arctic
Read article: Ask me anything: Mariya Lyubenova – ‘I love the constant supply of food for thought that research offers’
Careers advice from the head of media relations at ESO, science adviser to ESO’s communication department, and editor of ESO’s journal The Messenger
Read article: A focus on cutting-edge medical physics research
Katia Parodi, chair of medical physics at LMU Munich, on hot topics in medical physics, innovative particle therapy investigations and editing the Physics in Medicine and Biology journal
Read article: James Peebles: a life in cosmology
Nobel laureate and cosmologist James Peebles from Princeton University on winning the prize, cosmological models and his new book
