Read article: Once a physicist: Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr
Retired US Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr served as the administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2001 to 2008
Read article: Scientists in the newsroom
Media fellowships can help physicists improve the way they communicate their results to the outside world, as Helen Czerski describes
Read article: Once a physicist: Bruce McWilliams
Life at the top of a semiconductor company
Read article: Tools for learning
Some instruments in teaching laboratories may look old-fashioned, but those wooden boxes can hold surprisingly advanced equipment. George Herold describes his career designing exper...
Read article: Don’t panic
The job market for new graduates and career-changers in 2009 is not great, but physicists may be better equipped than most, as Margaret Harris explains
Read article: Once a physicist: Scott Russell Sanders
The essayist and English professor with his roots in physics
Read article: Once a physicist: Nick Horvath
From physics to professional basketball
Read article: Riding the red dragon
Western universities have long welcomed visiting students and academics from the Far East. Now China’s ascendance offers career opportunities for researchers like Ian Broadwell wh...
Read article: Once a physicist: Vijay Iyer
From physics to acclaimed jazz musician
Read article: Riding the storm out
A career in severe-weather research offers flexibility and plenty of opportunities to experience the fascinating physics of the rotating fluid called the atmosphere. Josh Wurman
