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Over a century after its discovery, the proton still keeps physicists busy understanding its basic properties, but a new generation of experiments may help finally nail down its radius, stability and the origin of its spin.

As we close volume 2 of Nature Reviews Physics we look at the richness of topics covered, the variety of article types and the geographical diversity of the community we serve.

This month we explore the evolution of curated data in physics and ponder on the past and future role of journals.

Physics in Africa is often overlooked. We explore the challenges facing African physicists and what their needs are as authors and readers.

The 5 years since the first detection of gravitational waves have witnessed the rise of multi-messenger astronomy, a field that expands our understanding of astrophysical processes and reshapes the way science is done.

All articles in Nature Reviews Physics are extensively edited in-house before publication. What do we do, and why?

This month in a dedicated Focus issue, we look back at the first decade of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) and forward to the challenges and opportunities lying ahead.

Epidemiological modelling informs government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, but confusion abounds about the models. What can physicists do to help?

On the 60th anniversary of the first operation of a laser, let us reflect on the many advances lasers have enabled in various areas of physics.

In this issue we explore some of the reasons why physicists from Asia are under-represented in Nature Reviews Physics as authors and referees and ponder what we can do.

As the gravitational wave detector KAGRA goes online and the Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino detector upgrade is approved, we look at a number of upcoming big science projects in Japan.

How can physicists reap the benefits of conferences while reducing their environmental impact? New formats, such as online and multisite conferences, may be part of the solution.

This month we examine the diversity of authors and referees at Nature Reviews Physics and find a lot of room to improve.

As we close volume 1 this month, we take a look at the first year of Nature Reviews Physics: content, topics, authorship and readership.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Gabriel Stokes, a physicist and mathematician best known for his contributions to fluid dynamics, but whose work was broader than that.

This month we publish a Review and an Expert Recommendation on multi-messenger astrophysics, a field that inherently involves big collaborations, big instruments and big data.

This month we examine examples of how advances from different areas of physics can lead to medical applications.

This month we talk about our figures and the lesser-known facts about how they are produced.

This month we publish our first Roadmap. Here is what readers, authors and referees need to know about this article type.

We recall Andrei Sakharov’s contributions to physics and his social and political activism and find that his ideas remain as relevant and inspiring today as 50 years ago.