Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World where it appeared under the headline "How to become a better PhD supervisor". Rikke Plougmann argues that PhD students can only thrive if their ...

Scientists are, by definition, individuals who study and gain expertise in one of the natural sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy and earth sciences. Each of these five main natural ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

Researchers around the world have just submitted the first proposals for funding from the European Research Council. Martin Griffiths looks at what exactly the new council offers and how you go about ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An 89-year-old man in Rhode Island has earned his Ph.D. and become a physicist after working toward it for two decades and thinking about it for a lifetime. Manfred ...

Jesse Goldman received his PhD in experimental high-energy physics in 2000 and, following post-doctoral research on neutrino oscillations, turned his focus to physics teaching. While teaching in the ...