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Blog
Throwing a baguette in the works
Nov 6, 2009
A more mundane object temporarily stopped the machine from operating last night...
Physicist and monster hunter dies at 87
Nov 5, 2009
Polymath's sonar images of Nessie captivated the world
Multimedia
Spintronics made easy
Oct 22, 2009
David Awschalom explains how spin could be exploited in completely new types of electronic circuits
Heat Transfer and Multiphysics Modelling
Oct 22, 2009
This webinar highlights the benefits of thermal management by modelling. COMSOL Multiphysics simulation tools enable engineers and scientists to analyse effects resulting from temperature distribution from coupled heating effects.
Features
Recipes for planet formation
Nov 2, 2009
Michael R Meyer describes how studies of extrasolar planets are helping us to understand how planetary systems form and evolve
Opinion
Human spaceflight: science or spectacle?
Nov 2, 2009
The big debate: David Clements and Ian Crawford spar over whether human spaceflight is worth the effort
Reviews
A very good Englishman
Nov 2, 2009
Graham Farmelo examines the letters of nuclear theorist Rudolf Peierls