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Business and innovation

Business and innovation

The business of physics

05 Feb 2018 James McKenzie
Taken from the February 2018 issue of Physics World

In this new series of columns, James McKenzie aims to raise the profile of industrial physics and explore the value and relevance of physicists to industry

Photographs of laser cutting and solar-cell manufacturing
Two cultures The problems that physicists face in industry – from big sectors such as manufacturing and energy to small university spin-offs – can be very different from those faced by academic physicists. (Courtesy: left - iStock/DanBrandenburg; right - iStock/gerenme)
I have spent much of my career in industry using my physics education to solve problems. The nature

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James McKenzie is the writer of the Transactions column for Physics World about physics in industry. He is writing here in a personal capacity
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