Honor Powrie explains why physicists aren’t superior to other scientists and must learn the art of collaborating with people from other disciplines.

Waste biomass created by forestry work, crop production and wildfire mitigation is often simply burned, releasing the carbon stored within. But what if we could stop that carbon from entering the atmosphere by burying the biomass instead? Michael Allen investigates.

Satyendra Nath Bose didn’t just make huge contributions to quantum science, he also welcomed women into what was at the time a male-dominated field. Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta and Rupamanjari Ghosh discuss Bose’s scientific and social legacy, and celebrate the women now at the forefront of quantum science in India.

A response to Isabel Rabey’s June 2025 review of Einstein’s Tutor: the story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Phillips.

A response to the letter by David Tyler from May 2025 about the need for scientists to discuss their differences and let dissenters have a voice.

The Norwegian-born condensed-matter physicist Ivar Giaever, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973, died on 20 June 2025 at the age of 96.

Philip Moriarty reviews A Perfect Harmony: Music, Mathematics and Science by David Darling.

Robert P Crease visits the High Energy Photon Source near Beijing, which will be – when it opens later this year – the most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron-light source.

Jim Gates talks to Margaret Harris about the discoveries he can tick off his “theorist’s bucket list”, adds some new ones, and delves into the state of science and society in the US today.

While supervisors have little training when it comes to helping students trying to balance their work and life, a few simple steps can go a long way, says Caitlin Duffy.