Features
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
Open doors for physics graduates
Sep 29, 2011
Six former physics students reveal what they did after leaving college
Magnet challenges for ITER
Sep 29, 2011 2 comments
ITER uses complex magnets to control a 150 million Kelvin plasma, as Daniel Clery explains
Making CERN's best even better
Sep 29, 2011
Matthew Chalmers looks at what is in store for CERN in the next 10 years
Pushing the boundaries
Sep 15, 2011 2 comments
Matin Durrani reports on the rise of China's Institute of High Energy Physics
Licence to stun
Sep 1, 2011 3 comments
David Wilkinson describes how physicists helped test the safety and effectiveness of less-lethal weapons
The inside track on simulation software
Aug 18, 2011
The future's bright for simulation, say David Kan and Daniel Smith of COMSOL
Testing equipment for space
Aug 12, 2011
Giles Case looks at some of the techniques used to ensure a high likelihood of mission success









