Other lives: Particle physicist who worked for many years on projects related to the Large Hadron Collider
September 2026
Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
Did you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle
University Guide 2027
Best UK universities for physics – league table
August 2026
Letter: Paul Black obituary
Elizabeth Swinbank writes: He was co-leader of the influential Nuffield A-level physics course
July 2026
Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
Did you solve it? Do you think like a physicist?
Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
Can you solve it? Do you think like a physicist?
February 2026
Funding cuts will devastate the next generation of scientists
Letters: Physics research drives technological innovation, from medical imaging to data processing, write Dr Phil Bull and Prof Chris Clarkson; plus letters from Tim Gershon and Vincenzo Vagnoni, and Prof Paul Howarth
January 2026
Brief letters
When the news is stranger than fiction
Brief letters: Watching in horror | Nobel prizes | Spell check, please | Delightful country diaries | Perceptions of ‘south’
September 2025
Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds
Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas
University Guide 2026
Best UK universities for physics – league table
The study of the universe - includes astrophysics, space science, applied physics, medical physics
Quarter of schools in England lack a physics teacher, analysis finds
Institute of Physics says ‘critical’ shortage means 700,000 pupils are deprived of a subject specialist
July 2025
Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal
Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title
May 2025
Other lives
Kostya Trachenko obituary
Other lives: Theoretical physicist whose research helped to explain some of the mysteries surrounding the behaviour of liquids
March 2025
Other lives
Basil Hiley obituary
Other lives: Theoretical physicist whose research looked at the foundations of quantum mechanics
February 2025
Brief letters
Quantum computing is already here, sort of
Brief letters: Semiconductors | Say it with flowers, two days before | Trouble getting up | KGB keeping busy, despite its demise
November 2024
Ian Shipsey obituary
Physicist whose silicon devices helped to unlock the secrets of the earliest fractions of a second of our universe
October 2024
Other lives
Shomie Das obituary
Other lives: Educationist who set up schools in India based on his formative experiences as a teacher at Gordonstoun
September 2024
University Guide 2025
Best UK universities for physics – league table
The study of the universe - includes astrophysics, space science, applied physics, medical physics
April 2024
Physicist Claudia de Rham: ‘Gravity connects everything, from a person to a planet’
The scientist on training as a diver, pilot and astronaut in order to understand the true nature of gravity, and why being able to describe what happens at the centre of a black hole is so important
December 2023
Physicist Bob Coecke: ‘It’s easier to convince kids than adults about quantum mechanics’
The Belgian physicist and industrial musician on replacing maths with pictures, why he’s now working in industry – and why we all need to understand subatomic physics
