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Increasing public and private investment, technological breakthroughs, and a growing number of facilities could bring fusion technology to the delivery era by mid-century. Matteo Barbarino argues that global cooperation and effective regulation are vital in accelerating progress.
Sylvia Biscoveanu explains how likelihood reweighting can help estimate the parameters of complex models at a fraction of the computational cost of traditional methods, empowering the analysis of gravitational-wave data.
December 2021 closes our third year of publication. To celebrate, we look at the links between our review-type articles, and think about what articles we might publish next.
Forty years ago saw the introduction of stochastic resonance — the counter-intuitive idea that noise may help a nonlinear system respond to a weak signal.
In 1961, Rolf Landauer noted that erasing one bit of information has a thermodynamics cost. This observation explained Maxwell’s demon paradox and was influential in the early days of quantum computing.
Integrated approaches with advanced machine learning techniques are becoming necessary to take full advantage of the advanced experimental capabilities of next-generation synchrotrons. Yijin Liu and colleagues discuss the emergence of synergistic machine-and-data intelligence in synchrotron technology, and how it may accelerate scientific discovery.
India is a key player in big international science projects in astronomy, nuclear and high-energy physics. However, raising the visibility of individual researchers and institutes remains a challenge.
The Indian space science program dates back to the 1960s, but has hit the headlines in the 21st century after successful missions to the Moon and Mars. Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reflect on the past successes and share their plans for the future.
Fifty years ago saw a breakthrough in the study of vertex models, which are statistical mechanics models that have applications to ice, among other systems.
At Nature Reviews Physics we ask authors for synopses for all our longer articles. Why do we add this step to our publication process, and what kind of feedback do we give at this stage?
When students are in our physics classes, they are doing physics and are part of the professional physics community. Martha-Elizabeth Baylor explains how treating students as professionals and training them in all aspects of what it means to be a physicist benefits both students and the wider community.