From ice cream to instant coffee, theoretical physicist Rob Farr has spent his career studying the fundamental properties of food materials to help manufacturers optimize production processes, as Joe McEntee finds out.

Honor Powrie is an engineer who doesn’t mind taking risks – but only if it’s done in a controlled manner. So what skills would she need to be a fully-fledged entrepreneur?

Quantum technology is developing at an incredible pace, but what are the biggest challenges and opportunities for the field? At a recent conference organized by the Institute of Physics, Matin Durrani talked to four future leaders from academia and industry about how quantum can grow and develop.

Ensuring that students have a sense of belonging in physics can bring numerous benefits to the subject, as Jenna Padgett explains.

Michael Banks picks his favourite stories and quotes from the weird and wonderful world of physics.

Andrew Lamb is the chief technology officer (CTO) and co-founder of Delta.g – a Birmingham-based quantum gravity sensor company. Lamb has been key to the development of quantum gravity gradiometers, from world-first demonstrations out of the lab, to delivering the first industry-developed device under contract to the UK Department for Transport.

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are unravelling the mysteries of these frigid systems to see if they hold life beyond our planet.

The 10th annual Physics World Careers guide showcases job options for physicists.

A team at the US-based firm Atom Computing has reported an improvement in quantum-error reduction in quantum processors based on neutral atoms.

An aerogel material that is more than 99% transparent to light and is an excellent thermal insulator has been developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US.