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Physics World October 2019

Physics World October 2019

Scene of the crime: the physics of spattered blood

Sidney Perkowitz looks at how physics is helping to beef up the occasionally unreliable forensic technique of “blood-spatter analysis”, while James McKenzie examines the commercial prospects for LiFi. Also this month, Lars Brink, a Swedish particle theorist who has served on the Nobel Committee for Physics on eight occasions, reveals exactly what it takes to win the Nobel Prize for Physics. There’s also an interview with Donna Strickland – who shared the 2018 Nobel prize and became only the third female physicist to win the award.

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Photo of Donna Strickland interview

Life as a new Nobel laureate

Antonia Seymour interview

Boosting diversity in open access

Climate Change opinion

Dealing with a climate emergency

flooding in Netrokona, Bangladesh opinion

On the retreat from climate damage

LiFi concept art opinion

The big idea

Donna Strickland feature

Inside the Nobels

Blood spatter feature

The physics of blood spatter

A photo of a person's gloved hands sorting a conveyor belt full of Brussels sprouts feature

Taking a bite out of food waste

Lunar Lighting Test review

To boldly go

A night lamp decorated with porcelain figures of Belka and Strelka review

Meet the pup stars

Tardigrade lateral thoughts

Anything to declare?

Painting of a comet review

Heavenly vistas

careers

Going the extracurricular mile

student leaving home careers

There’s no place like home

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