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Print edition: April 2008
Features
John Bardeen: an extraordinary physicist
The story of the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics
Insect inspiration
How the bombardier beetle has inspired a new form of spray technology
The search for astroengineers
Searches for extraterrestrial life usually involve trying to track down unusual radio and optical signals. But could looking for "Dyson spheres" – artificial shells harnessing light from distant stars – be more productive?
Quanta
Give your favourite particle a home
Lightning telly
Space cast
Baseball on a high?
Frontiers
Single atoms feel the force
Light mystery solved
Five-year WMAP data give thumbs up to cosmic model
Doubt cast on wet Mars
New test for reactors
News & Analysis
Japan places hope in Space Station
The Atomium marks a half century
Jodrell Bank faces possible closure
Templeton Prize again goes to physicist
Physicist wins seat in US Congress
US unveils roadmap for geophysics
Canada attempts to lure top minds
Car companies look to generate power from waste heat
Royal Society offers funds for technology start-ups
Italy flags scientific shortcomings
Australia seeks free science debate
Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Arizona telescope sees double
Hottest researchers named
Laser physicist looks to the Sun
A glow on the horizon
Editorial
Industrial concerns
Physics in industry is worth reporting, but deciding what counts can be a challenge
Forum
Sowing the seeds of SESAME
Critical Point
Lab architecture
Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
Feedback
Is GCSE science a waste of time?
2π or not 2π
Physics of beer?
Seeing double
Reviews
The story of gravity
Stories behind the inventions
Quantum theory for everyone
For old times' sake
Blog life: Life as a physicist
Gordon Watts on what's hot in experimental particle physics
Careers
Careers and people
Once a physicist: Kris Gopalakrishnan
An interview with the chief executive of Indian-based IT giant Infosys
Lateral Thoughts
Seeking a new symbol of innovation
