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Physics World
Volume 21 No 8
August 2008

Features

A light in the dark?

Have researchers using the DAMA experiment in Italy seen a signature of dark matter?

A quantum renaissance

Markus Aspelmeyer and Anton Zeilinger on how technological advances let us readdress fundamental quantum puzzles

Opinion

Inspired thinking

Low-temperature physicist Douglas Osheroff gives his tips for would-be Nobel laureates

Critical Point: A question of trust

Robert P Crease argues that trust is what links science and religion

Fame or footnote?

The award of a Nobel prize can leave some researchers empty-handed

Reviews

Postmodernism, politics and religion

Philip Anderson looks at what Sokal the hoaxer did next

A cosmic conundrum

Lincoln Wolfenstein explores the enduring mystery of matter–antimatter asymmetry

Blog Life: Michael Nielsen

Michael Nielsen looks at science publishing

Industry

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Scanning electron microscopy rises to the challenges of the 21st century

Debbie Stokes explains why a 'quiet revolution' is occurring in some SEM labs

Microscopical advances redefine science

Mark Rainforth, president of the Royal Microscopical Society, speaks to physicsworld.com

Force-microscopy firm finds success in 3D

Asylum Research's atomic force microscopes are pointing the way towards denser computer memories

Collaborations drive innovation at JEOL UK

Mike Hepburn, managing director of JEOL UK, tells Hamish Johnston how the firm and its customers have flourished by working together

Microscience 2008 offers a hands-on approach to microscopy

Workshops and Learning Zones will give delegates the chance to try out the latest instruments

Featured Journal Article

Top-quark physics at the LHC Jun 10, 2008

W Bernreuther 2008 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35 083001

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Headline news

Nanotubes stretch the boundaries of electronics Aug 7, 2008

Material can be stretched by up to 70% and is still electrically conductive

CERN reveals early September start-up date for LHC Aug 7, 2008 3 comments

First attempt to circulate proton beams at Large Hadron Collider to be made in just over a month

Dark-matter simulation reveals lumpy haloes Aug 6, 2008

Researchers say simulation is the most detailed yet

Chinese particle collider turns up the charm Aug 6, 2008 4 comments

Hundred-fold increase in electron-positron collision rate expected at Beijing facility

Blog

Read all about it Aug 5, 2008

When I was a PhD student, I remember having to go through a few rounds of thesis revision...

Ring out the old Aug 4, 2008

Who can forget those bleary-eyed nights squeezing out every last drop of "beam time" from the SRS?...

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