Climate in a nutshell

Laura Hiscott reviews Small Gases, Big Effect: This is Climate Change by David Nelles and Christian Serrer.

Cryptic crossword answers

Answers to the cryptic crossword “A demon of a puzzle”.

Quantum for all – building a firm foundation

Oxford Quantum Circuits chief executive llana Wisby talks to Tushna Commissariat about UK investments and innovation in quantum technology, and the potentially world-changing impact that it could have.

Future climate – made real

Scientists have created an app that estimates the increased likelihood of events such as wildfires, river floods and droughts in a user’s lifetime.

Fusion firms target electricity generation by the 2030s

Most private fusion companies expect fusion power to be supplying electricity to the grid in the 2030s, according to an industry report.

Magic smartphone trees

Laura Hiscott reviews Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet by Chris Forman and Claire Asher.

Staff issues behind NIST leak

Investigators of a serious radiation leak from a research reactor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say it stemmed from mistakes by undertrained staff.

A quantum promise

Freeke Heijman from Quantum Delta NL tells Martijn Boerkamp how the Netherlands is forging ahead in quantum technologies.

Ethics in the quantum age

Mauritz Kop assesses the ethical principles we must all adopt so that the application of quantum technologies is equitable and safe.

Dribbling teapots revisited

Researchers have formulated a “complete” theory of the dribbling teapot effect, that considers the inertial, viscous and capillary forces at play when a drop forms at the edge of the teapot spout and then wets the underside of it.