Read article: What do the Sagrada Familia and big science have in common?
James Dacey on the launch of a big-science school and other takeaways from the Big Science Business Forum in Granada
Read article: Winds of change: could hi-tech sailing vessels turn global shipping green?
James McKenzie wonders if a new generation of wind-powered vessels could make shipping more environmentally friendly
Read article: Ask me anything: Sara Fry – ‘There are always opportunities to develop simple solutions for complex problems’
Sara Fry is the head of sustainability and of safety, health and environment at a multinational engineering solutions company
Read article: The power of photonics: from vertical farming to quantum computing
James McKenzie remains enthralled by photonics, which is a critical industry for economic growth
Read article: UK’s Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics bridges the gap between science and commercial research and development
This podcast features three researchers at the Glasgow institute
Read article: Oliver Grimston: from intern to chief of staff at bp
Petrophysicist Oliver Grimston talks about his career at British oil and gas company bp, from its graduate programme to his current role as the firm’s chief of staff in Iraq
Read article: Quantum computing gets down to business
Martijn Boerkamp reports how investments into quantum computing have ballooned in the past year, bringing huge expectations for the sector
Read article: Magnets, magnets, magnets: we’ll need lots of them for a green economy
James McKenzie realizes that we’re going to need lots of magnets if we want to turn the economy green
Read article: Could this revolutionary plane turn air travel green?
The airline industry is emerging from COVID-19 with progress on de-carbonizing air travel, as James McKenzie discovers
Read article: Gorilla Glass: the unsung hero of the smartphone
James McKenzie reflects on the wonders of Gorilla Glass – an invention that protects billions of smartphones, tablets and laptops around the world from unwanted damage
