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Features
In the wake of Fukushima
May 10, 2012 2 comments
Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station
Venus: it's now or never
May 1, 2012 3 comments
As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events
The perfect storm
Apr 2, 2012 5 comments
Richard Corfield investigates the science behind the sinking of the Titanic
How to forecast an earthquake
Mar 1, 2012 1 comment
Edwin Cartlidge investigates the latest in earthquake forecasting
Finding jobs in hard times
Mar 1, 2012 1 comment
How can you best stand out in today's graduate job market?
Fermilab's next frontier
Feb 1, 2012 2 comments
Margaret Harris learns about Fermilab's plans for the post-Tevatron era
Ad astra! To the stars!
Jan 12, 2012 7 comments
Sidney Perkowitz explores how we might achieve interstellar travel
Quiz of the year 2011
Dec 16, 2011
Think you know what happened in the world of physics this year? Try our quiz
Cocktail physics
Dec 6, 2011 2 comments
Naveen N Sinha and David A Weitz reveal the science behind this tasty topic
Firm takes middle ground to fusion
Dec 1, 2011 6 comments
Fusion demonstrator could cost fraction of a standard reactor, as Hamish Johnston reports
A taste of the exotic
Nov 3, 2011 3 comments
Paddy Regan outlines the key challenges for nuclear physicists 100 years after Rutherford's great discovery
Vacuum Expo hosts a range of technical meetings
Oct 13, 2011
Symposia on thin films and vacuum science set for Coventry
Relativity's new revolution
Oct 6, 2011 7 comments
David Appell explains why rogue black holes could be cannonballing through the universe
Big science in a big world
Sep 30, 2011
James Poskett explores how Ernest Rutherford, who 100 years ago revealed his proposal of the atom's structure, also helped to pioneer modern international science
Neutron target station takes the heat
Sep 29, 2011 2 comments
Michael Banks looks at a novel approach to cooling the proton target at the European Spallation Source
