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Print edition: January 2002
Features
New frontiers in superconductivity
Metallic, magnetic and organic materials are making novel superconductors
Ferromagnetic superconductors
Physicists overturn the belief that magnetism and superconductivity cannot co-exist
Magnesium diboride: one year on
Last January physicists found that an innocuous compound that had been sitting on the shelf for decades was a record-breaking intermetallic superconductor
Superconductors go organic
Superconductors made from organic molecules are revealing fascinating new physics and could have huge technological potential
Physics in Action
Physics raises food standards
Food manufacturers are adopting ever more sophisticated physics techniques
New vision of magnetic tunnelling
Recent studies suggest that crystal defects may cause the quantum tunnelling of magnetic moments in cold molecular magnets
Classical Wigner crystals move on
A novel device could shed light on the electron crystals that form when low-density electron liquids are cooled to near absolute zero
Experimental attophysics comes of age
Physicists have developed an attosecond "camera" that can reveal electron dynamics
Sensors fit for the road
Designing sensors that can operate in the lab is easy - making them work in real world is much harder
Radio-wave models branch out
New visions of magnetic tunnelling
Post-deadline
Paper video
Insulators at the limit
Lasers tune in to liquid crystals
News & Analysis
Pushing for profits from magnesium diboride
Gravitational microlens
"Dismal" future for science
From physics to medicine
An enterprising role with Star Trek
Fusion company comes in from the cold
Solar boost for green fuel
What ever happened to B, C and S?
HP shuts down maths institute
Largest prime number found
It's a small world after all
New body to lead clean up
g-2± some confusion
Europeans are cool towards science
UK research hits new heights
Reprieve for Jodrell Bank
Editorial
Forum
Was Aristotle the first physicist?
Many think that the Greek philosopher impeded science - but Michael Rowan-Robinson disagrees
Critical Point
Compromising peer review
Feedback
The physics of executions
Reviews
Dark matter in poetic measure
The wonder of astronomy is expressed in a collection of poems by Rebecca Elson
Getting to grips with the limits of science
Seeking a shortcut to universal wisdom
A Responsibility to Awe, Rebecca Elson
On Science, Brian Ridley
Universality: The Underlying Theory Behind Life, the Universe and Everything, Mark Ward
European best-sellers in 2001
Careers
Science policy: the big picture
