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Features
The life of psi
May 2, 2013 18 comments
Jon Cartwright explores whether wavefunctions are physically real
The knotted strands of life
Apr 2, 2013 2 comments
Davide Marenduzzo and colleagues explore the physics of DNA knots
Medal-winning presentations
Mar 7, 2013
Sharon Ann Holgate examines how lessons from sports psychology can help scientists give better talks and presentations
In praise of weakness
Mar 7, 2013 10 comments
Aephraim Steinberg and colleagues describe how "weak measurements" are transforming our knowledge of the quantum world
The secret of life
Feb 7, 2013 4 comments
David Jenkins and Oliver Kirsebom explore the mysterious nuclear energy level of carbon-12 that made life possible
A fusion of minds
Jan 31, 2013
Richard Corfield examines the mystery of the astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell's visit to the Soviet Union in 1963
The revolution will be typeset
Jan 10, 2013 3 comments
Duncan Steele explains how one of the most widely used tools in physics – LaTeX – is adapting to the era of tablet computers
Cool dust and baby stars
Jan 3, 2013 2 comments
Steve Eales revels in the new view of the universe provided by the Herschel Space Observatory
Voyager – a mission for life
Dec 6, 2012
Mark Williamson asks what keeps scientists motivated in the 35-year-old Voyager mission
Starting from scratch
Nov 8, 2012
Mehdi Yazdanpanah describes how he turned $500 and one great idea from his PhD research into a successful small business
Cornering the Higgs boson
Oct 11, 2012 2 comments
Michael Riordan continues his tale of the hunt for the Higgs boson
The academic pyramid
Oct 4, 2012 1 comment
Margaret Harris investigates the scarcity of permanent academic posts for PhD-trained physicists
My life on Mars
Oct 2, 2012 3 comments
Ashley Dale recounts his experiences during a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a facility in the Utah desert
Exhibition will showcase the latest vacuum technologies
Sep 20, 2012
Nanotechnology and big science will feature at this year's Vacuum Expo in Coventry, UK
