Lessons from the UK’s handling of Covid-19 for the future of scientific advice to government: a contribution to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry
Susan Michie, Philip Ball, James Wilsdon & Robert West, Contemporary Social Science 17, 418 (2022).
Publications by Philip Ball
What the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about science, policy and society
Journal of the Royal Society Inferface Focus 11, 20210022 (2021).
Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres
J. E. Hallsworth et al., Nature Astronomy 5, 665 (2021). Available here.
The chase for fusion energy
Nature 17 November 2021. Fabulously interactive version available here.
The ancient village of Culham, nestled in a bend of the River Thames west of London, seems an unlikely launching pad for the future. But next year, construction will start here on a gleaming building of glass and steel that could house what many people consider to be an essential technology to meet demand for clean energy in the twenty-first century and beyond.
The unsung theory
Review of Einstein’s Fridge by Paul Sen. Physics World 6 August 2021. Available here.
Taken from the August 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline “Hot topic”. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app
Biologist rethink the logic behind cells’ molecular signals
Quanta 16 September 2021. Available here.
First quantum computer to pack 100 qubits enters crowded race
Nature 19 November 2021. Available here.