University physics societies sometimes organize trip to other labs, such as the CERN particle physics lab near Geneva. (Courtesy: Sam Lavery) During my undergraduate degree at the University of St ...

Symmetry chats with scientists and engineers about doing important work in physics without a doctoral degree. Ronald Richards’ father was a mechanical engineer for Ford Motor Co., and as a child in ...

For the first time, African physicists and other researchers are creating a grassroots strategy for the future of physics research and education. Faïrouz Malek says that after she earned her doctorate ...

When Patricia Rankin was a young scientist in the 1980s, colleagues and acquaintances often told her that she didn’t look like a physicist. At the time, Rankin assumed that they were complimenting her ...

Moving to a new branch of science is scary, but learning new skills and collaborating with different colleagues can be exhilarating, Julie Gould discovers. In the penultimate episode of this six-part ...