Beautiful machines - p365

doi:10.1038/nphys3337

Physicists are now, as ever, pushing the development of computing technologies. But they're also innovating ways of using them.

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Open science decoded - pp367 – 369

Tony Hey & Mike C. Payne

doi:10.1038/nphys3313

Granting access to publications and data may be a step towards open science, but it's not enough to ensure reproducibility. Making computer code available is also necessary — but the emphasis must be on the quality of the programming.

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Programming revisited - pp369 – 373

Thomas C. Schulthess

doi:10.1038/nphys3294

Writing efficient scientific software that makes best use of the increasing complexity of computer architectures requires bringing together modelling, applied mathematics and computer engineering. Physics may help unite these approaches.

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Look to the clouds and beyond - pp373 – 374

Sergey Panitkin

doi:10.1038/nphys3319

Research in high-energy physics produces masses of data, demanding extensive computational resources. The scientists responsible for managing these resources are now turning to cloud and high-performance computing.

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