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Print edition: July 2005
Features
The solid-state lighting revolution
The days of incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes are numbered
Physics and the hunt for black gold
Energy companies are exploring new ways to find oil and gas fields
High-temperature uncertainty
Fresh insights into superconductivity in the cuprates
Physics in Action
Single spin readout in quantum dots
Another step towards quantum computing
Quarks and gluons get real
Experiments confirm lattice QCD prediction
Neutrons detect order in glass
Fresh insights into a long-standing problem
Post-deadline
Fermi gas goes superfluid
Molecular oxygen under pressure to transform
Electron spins feel the squeeze
News & Analysis
For astronomers, size matters
Europe wins fusion prize
Critics question reality of the Big Bang
Computing the course of cosmic evolution
France funds exotic nuclei
Propane powers fuel cells
Lean times ahead for new research boss
Ripples seen in neutrino background
Jack Kilby 1923-2005: Inventor of the microchip dies
SLAC switches its attention to X-rays
Robert Laughlin: Welcome to the age of emergence
Warm words for Einstein dance
Editorial
A revolution in lighting
Welcome to solid-state lights
Critical Point
Feedback
Einstein, Egypt and former glories
Proton therapy in Europe
Whitehead theory
Staggered strokes
Field effects
Maths frustrations
Reviews
A forceful character in particle physics
The life and times of Jack Steinberger
Careers
Visas brew trouble for US science
Once a physicist: Michael Duffy
Lateral Thoughts
A radical approach to Kyoto