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The world of physics in 2015

Dec 18, 2014 13 comments

Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen

Our favourite pictures of 2014

Dec 17, 2014 1 comment

From interstellar dust and galactic dirt to cracking oysters and educational doodles

Physics World's 2014 Book of the Year honours materials that matter

Dec 16, 2014 2 comments

Mark Miodownik's love letter to materials science comes first in a strong shortlist

Multimedia highlights of 2014

Dec 15, 2014

From detecting landmines to the art of quantum kung fu

Comet landing named Physics World 2014 Breakthrough of the Year

Dec 12, 2014 2 comments

Rosetta mission tops our list of the 10 key breakthroughs in physics

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First-order-reversal-curve measurements of nano-magnetic materials

Sep 8, 2014

The FORC measurement technique and examples of measurement results for different magnetic materials. A white paper from Lake Shore Cryotronics

Journals from IOP Publishing show Impact Factor growth

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The 2013 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing (IOP).

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Physics World’s festive puzzle: part 1

Dec 23, 2014

Are you up to the challenge?

Season’s greetings and last-minute gift ideas

Dec 18, 2014

How to put a little physics into Christmas

Multimedia

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Book of the Year 2014

Dec 16, 2014

Podcast Which book received the highest honours in our list of the year's best popular-physics titles?

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Learn the art of quantum kung fu

Dec 2, 2014

Video Felix Flicker demonstrates the scientific way of getting out of an armlock

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A taste for anelloni

Dec 1, 2014

See why a new form of pasta invented by Davide Michieletto and Matthew S Turner can teach us about polymers

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Literature of the lab

Dec 11, 2014

Robert P Crease wants your picks for the best fiction books set in physics labs

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A cabinet of invisible curiosities

Dec 8, 2014

Philip Ball's book on the science – and superstition – of invisibility through the ages, reviewed by Ulf Leonhardt

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Social physics and antisocial science

Dec 8, 2014

An accessible overview of Sandy Pentland's work on the physics of social networks, reviewed by Martin Zaltz Austwick

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Physics World Focus on Vacuum Technology

Aug 1, 2014

Free to read: Our pick of some of the best recent advances in vacuum science

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