Print edition: October 2005
Features
Antiprotonic helium
A most unusual atom
Shedding light on life
From epidemics to gene expression
Frontiers
Carbon copies are superconductors
Physics identifies musical tastes
Nanomagnets come together
Doing work while you walk
Return of the anyon
News & Analysis
Web search sparks planetary dispute
First light for African telescope
Hermann Bondi 1919-2005: Final steady-state pioneer dies
Chernobyl led to just 50 deaths
Plans for Moon landings unveiled
Scientists respond to storm damage
Astronomers get virtual observatory
X-ray lab clears first hurdle
American students flock to physics
A giant leap for nanodroplets
Working in the shadow of Galileo
Tiny department tops research rankings
Europe launches express mission to planet hell
The challenges for Africa
Doing astronomy in Namibia
John Bahcall 1934-2005
Editorial
Global challenges
The World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development is being held this month
Forum
Innovation for all nations
Critical Point
Intelligent Design
Feedback
The greatest equation
Mass, energy and the meaning of relativity
Words and meaning
A life without bombs
Reviews
Seeing red over white dwarfs
The life and times of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Careers
The rewards of green energy
Once a physicist:Helen Willetts
Institute of Physics awards 2006
Z-pinch pioneers honoured
Lateral Thoughts
Black holes and the German Reichstag