Print edition - index 2009
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Accelerators/acceleration mechanisms
- Accelerating into the future Murray C May p16
- Japan accelerates ahead Banks M Aug p11
Acoustics
- Device developed to reverse the Doppler effect Mar p5
- Black-hole analogue traps sound Jul p4
Applications
- Fishing for energy Jan p5
- Oil pipes and arteries Sarran C Jan p21
- Nanowires stick to chips Feb p5
- Electricity unplugged Karalis A Feb p22
- Seeking a biosensor powered by vibrations Apr p5
- Bubbles burst for hospital cleanliness May p5
- Wireless worries Muller H; Scott S; Nielsen H, Allen J; Stancey G; Taylor S May p20
- Clothes that can see Aug p5
- Singing oven SCOREs in the developing world Sep p5
Art and science
- New initiative links scientists and entertainers Jan p11
- Atomic arias Crease R P Jan p34
- Last tango at Fermilab Jan p37
- When Eddington met Einstein Jan p37
- Science is not always a BLAST Jan p37
- Hidden sketches by Leonardo da Vinci revealed Feb p7
- Art and science Feb p15
- Underneath the surface Cofield C Feb p32
- The science of fine art Young C Feb p42
- Hanks for the memory Mar p3
- Peter Higgs appears on canvas Apr p7
- Art meets science Khandekar N Apr p20
Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology
- Dark matter in the ATIC Jan p4
- Cosmologists puzzle over mystery in the cosmos Jan p5
- Asia joins forces in radio astronomy Jan p9
- Europe unveils 20-year road map Jan p9
- Atlantic observatory starts up Jan p11
- Let the global astronomy celebrations begin Cartright E and Banks M Jan p12
- Shock and awe Bourne N Jan
- Simulation takes the limit off star formation Feb p5
- China to build giant radio telescope Feb p7
- Not wrapped up yet Jaffe A Feb p36
- New light on the farside of the Moon Mar p5
- Detecting new Earths Schirber M Mar p8
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey tops astronomy citation list Mar p10
- Who's Galileo? Mar p11
- A year of astronomy Dench P; Htoon S Mar p17
- FAST success Duffy A Mar p17
- In Galileo's footsteps Mar p21
- Cosmic visions Cesarsky C, Rees M, de Zeeuw T, Huchra J, Fabian A, Jae Park S Mar p22
- Brave new worlds Boss A Mar p26
- Up close and personal Williamson M Mar p33
- Another giant leap for mankind Spudis P D Mar p40
- Sites for sore eyes Crease R P Mar p46
- The Galileo affair Finocchiaro M A Mar p54
- A pale orange dot Chicarro A Mar p58
- Web life: Cosmic Diary Mar p59
- Ancient astronomy revealed Steele J Mar p60
- Telescopes on parade Mar p62
- Scientific sleuthing Mar p62
- For all eyes only Mar p62
- Sky guide Mar p62
- Living life on 'Mars' Mason E Mar p64
- Clutching at dark straws Oliver K Mar p80
- Still a planet Apr p3
- Mapping the cosmos Clery D Apr p8
- Cosmic alternatives? Gregory R Apr p40
- Telescope hunts for cosmic explosions May p7
- Clover and out for UK telescope May p7
- Giant array faces financial and political challenges May p8
- Canada stamps its mark on the IYA May p10
- Judging Galileo Hutchinson I; Brandon D; Ferguson I May p21
- In the dark Bell M; Pointon T May p23
- The unique universe Smolin L Jun p21
- Is there really no place like home? Quirrenbach A Jun p40
- Poor old Pluto Jun p42
- The handbag has landed Jul p3
- Calling the space 'tweedia' Jul p3
- Who needs the lunar breakdown services? Jul p3
- New light on axions Jul p4
- China opens giant celestial scanner Jul p7
- Canadian neutrino lab branches out Jul p9
- Deflecting another Tungunska Williamson M Jul p11
- Italian magic Varaschin A Jul p21
- Darwin’s legacy Susskind L Jul p42
- The Earth – for physicists Baez J Aug p22
- Spain opens world's largest telescope Sep p9
- Giant facilities edge closer to reality Sep p9
- Voyager heads for interstellar space Corfield R Sep p11
- Unsolved mysteries of the universe Clegg B Sep p40
- Astronomy dominates Sep p41
- All hail the telescope Sep p41
Atomic and molecular physics
- Teleportation goes the distance Mar p4
- Joint mission planned for Jupiter Mar p11
- The strong-correlations puzzle Quintanilla J and Hooley C Jun p32
- Of gluons, atoms and strings Jacak B Sep p35
Australia
- Giant array faces financial and political challenges May p8
- Austria in U-turn over CERN pull-out Jun p7
- Australia boosts funding for R&D Jun p14
Awards and prizes
- Nobel for one, not all Wimbush S Jan p20
- Hawking receives top US award at White House Sep p10
- Row bubbles up over particle prize Sep p13
Biophysics
- Bacteria could provide alternative energy supply Feb p5
- River dance enhances fertility Jun p5
- Double helix is an 'electric slide' for proteins Jul p5
- Diamond targets E. coli Jul p5
- In praise of Darwin Durrani M Jul p15
- How physics can inspire biology Kornyshev A Jul p16
- The call of the wild Crease R P Jul p18
- The quantum life Davies P Jul p24
- Do cells care about physics? Guck J Jul p31
- Postcards from the brain Wang S Jul p37
- Darwin’s legacy Susskind L Jul p42
- DNA sifts nanotubes Aug p5
Books reviewed
- Lord Kelvin, revolutionary scientist Saxon D Jan p36
- Not wrapped up yet Jaffe A Feb p36
- E=mc² in theory and in practice Friedlander M W Feb p38
- Putting ATLAS on the map Feb p40
- Not forbidden fruit Feb p40
- Literary love Feb p40
- A universe of verse Feb p40
- A pale orange dot Chicarro A Mar p58
- Ancient astronomy revealed Steele J Mar p60
- Telescopes on parade Mar p62
- Scientific sleuthing Mar p62
- For all eyes only Mar p62
- Sky guide Mar p62
- Beautifully strange Enderby J Apr p38
- In their own words Apr p42
- One scientist's faith Apr p42
- A voice of dissent Apr p42
- More than wishful thinking Barnes C W May p42
- The story of the quantum O'Raifeartaigh C May p44
- The Hawkings in space May p45
- Hmm, that's funny... May p45
- Questions of attribution Steele J Jun p18
- Computing tomorrow's weather Jun p38
- Is there really no place like home? Quirrenbach A Jun p40
- Poor old Pluto Jun p42
- All about antimatter Jun p42
- Big science in Oxfordshire Jun p42
- Beyond Einstein's gravity Amelino-Camelia G Jul p48
- Bad golfers of the world, unite Jul p50
- Physics tackles rugby Jul p50
- Avast ye landlubbers Jul p50
- Into the woods Jul p50
- From prairie to energy frontier Roser R Aug p36
- How Britannia beat the waves Bridgman R Aug p38
- Revenge of the mathematicians Aug p39
- Revisit your enthusiasm Aug p39
- Dreams of a quantum pioneer Segrè G Sep p38
- Unsolved mysteries of the universe Clegg B Sep p40
Canada
- Top scientists join Stephen Hawking at Perimeter Institute Mar p7
- Canada stamps its mark on the IYA May p10
- Isotope shortage triggers delays for patients Jul p8
- Canadian neutrino lab branches out Jul p9
- Canadian reactor delays add to agency's troubles Aug p8
Careers and employment
- New UK centres extend training for PhD students Jan p8
- A fresh look at nuclear Hay S and Kelk M Jan p38
- Once a physicist: Christine Rice Jan p39
- Careers and people Jan p40
- Top minds sought in China Feb p11
- The science of fine art Young C Feb p42
- Once a physicist: Zhengrong Shi Feb p44
- Early-career scientists honoured Feb p44
- Winners of Liebniz Prize announced Feb p44
- Movers and shakers Feb p44
- CERN hold-up hurts graduate students Chalmers M Mar p14
- Living life on 'Mars' Mason E Mar p64
- Once a physicist: David Florence Mar p65
- 'Lifetime award' for stellar research Mar p66
- US astronomers honoured Mar p66
- Pair share quantum prize Mar p66
- Women who are worth it Mar p66
- Another gong for graphene Mar p66
- Movers and shakers Mar p66
- Students and the LHC Privett G Apr p21
- Riding the storm out Wurman J Apr p44
- 'Past' prize for astrophysicists Apr p45
- Science-writing stars Apr p45
- Movers and shakers Apr p45
- Once a physicist: Vijay Iyer Apr p46
- Boost in minorities doing PhDs in the US May p10
- Y oh y study physics? Carter J, Dorrian G, Guymer G, Whittaker I; Olley R H May p22
- Riding the red dragon Broadwell I May p46
- Once a physicist: Nick Horvath May p48
- Nanopioneer honoured May p49
- Tune in to science May p49
- Movers and shakers May p49
- Are you a bright recruit? Jun p15
- The power of robotics Crease R P Jun p20
- Don't panic Harris M Jun p44
- Once a physicist: Scott Russell Sanders Jun p46
- Careers and people Jun p46
- Tools for learning Herold G Jul p52
- Careers and people Jul p53
- Once a physicist: Bruce McWilliams Jul p54
- Scientists in the newsroom Czerski H Aug p40
- Once a physicist: Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr Aug p42
- Blue-LED developer bags award Aug p42
- Swiss physicist wins first Bell Prize Aug p42
- Stellar-evolution pioneer honoured Aug p42
- Movers and shakers Aug p42
- Changes needed at European council Sep p10
- A physicist's life-cycle Hermanowicz J C Sep p42
- Once a physicist: Subramaniam Ramadorai Sep p44
- Careers and people Sep p44
CERN
- CERN releases damage assessment Jan p11
- CERN seeks better communication Feb p11
- Putting ATLAS on the map Feb p40
- CERN hold-up hurts graduate students Chalmers M Mar p14
- CERN marks 20 years of the Web Apr p11
- Students and the LHC Privett G Apr p21
- Austria in U-turn over CERN pull-out Jun p7
- Beleaguered LHC gears up for restart Sep p7
- A new time machine Sep p41
China
- China to build giant radio telescope Feb p7
- Top minds sought in China Feb p11
- FAST success Duffy A Mar p17
- China experiments with solar-thermal power production Apr p7
- Riding the red dragon Broadwell I May p46
- Chinese synchrotron opens up Jun p10
- China creates quantum network Jun p11
- China opens giant celestial scanner Jul p7
- Science road map unveiled Aug p10
Climate change and the environment
- Satellites measure CO₂ levels Mar p11
- NASA rocket failure delays Glory mission Apr p6
- US pays price for $500m budget blunder Apr p10
- Riding the storm out Wurman J Apr p44
- Carrot car Jun p3
- Plan B for climate change Sep p15
- Engineering the climate Cox P and Jeffery H Sep p24
Computation and software
- Computing tomorrow's weather Jun p38
Condensed matter
- Droplets get third lobe Jan p4
- Not forbidden fruit Feb p40
- Fermi surface unmasked Apr p4
- The rise and fall of a physics fraudster Reich E S May p24
- Towards the ultimate transistor Natelson D Jun p27
- The strong-correlations puzzle Quintanilla J and Hooley C Jun p32
- Sand drips like water Aug p5
- DNA sifts nanotubes Aug p5
- Beyond the wonder material Novoselov K Aug p27
Denmark
- Boost for Swedish neutron bid May p10
Education
- What's your favourite planet? Edwards P Jan p48
- US teenagers still discouraged from science Feb p14
- Web life: The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience Feb p37
- Europe's education experiment Banks M Jun p12
- Educating physicists Jun p15
- A bunch of Bologna Padman R Aug p19
- Illuminating physics for students Griffiths D Sep p16
Energy
- Fishing for energy Jan p5
- Stanford sets up $100m energy institute Feb p9
- Solar power edges towards grid parity Feb p14
- Electricity unplugged Karalis A Feb p22
- Once a physicist: Zhengrong Shi Feb p44
- Italy seeks geothermal renaissance Mar p10
- Wireless worries Muller H; Scott S; Nielsen H, Allen J; Stancey G; Taylor S May p20
- Carrot car Jun p3
- Boost for carbon-capture facility Jul p10
- Fiddling on the roof Willcox N Aug p21
- Renewable energy boosted by US stimulus cash Sep p8
Europe
- Carbon-capture and gamma-ray labs top Euro wish list Jan p6
- Sweden leads race to host European neutron facility Jun p8
- Europe's education experiment Banks M Jun p12
European Space Agency
- Europe and US seek collaboration on missions to Mars Jan p7
- Joint mission planned for Jupiter Mar p11
- Mapping the cosmos Clery D Apr p8
- Europe unveils plans for UK space base Sep p7
European Union
- Bureaucracy blights funding in Europe Apr p9
- Threats to ultra-high-field MRI Le Bihan D Aug p16
- Changes needed at European council Sep p10
Facilities
- Carbon-capture and gamma-ray labs top Euro wish list Jan p6
- European synchotron secures €177m for upgrade Jan p7
- Rough Diamond Zetie K Jan p20
- Framework faults Vierkorn-Rudolph B Feb p19
- Sites for sore eyes Crease R P Mar p46
- Telescope hunts for cosmic explosions May p7
- Boost for Swedish neutron bid May p10
- Sweden leads race to host European neutron facility Jun p8
- Chinese synchrotron opens up Jun p10
- Big science in Oxfordshire Jun p42
- Japan accelerates ahead Banks M Aug p11
Fluid dynamics
- Fish swish the oceans Sep p5
France
- Minister unveils new nanotech centres Jun p10
- Cesarsky chosen as nuclear adviser Jun p10
Fusion
- Fusion ambassador Banks M Feb p12
- Web life: The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience Feb p37
- World's biggest laser powers up Mar p7
- New reactor to destroy nuclear waste Mar p9
- The last word on fusion Hellberg M A Mar p17
- COMPASS tokamak points towards ITER Apr p9
- More than wishful thinking Barnes C W May p42
- Cautious ITER chiefs opt for 2026 target Jul p7
- Still wishful on fusion Evans J; Barnes C W, Willms S Aug p20
Geophysics
- Breaking new ground Cartwright J Jan
- Shock and awe Bourne N Jan
- Italy seeks geothermal renaissance Mar p10
- Planets under pressure Jeanloz R Apr p34
- Damaging effect: the impact of the L'Aquila earthquake Banks M May p13
- The Earth – for physicists Baez J Aug p22
- New-found order in the valleys Sep p5
Germany
- Construction starts on €1bn X-ray free-electron laser Feb p10
- World's brightest synchrotron powers up May p8
- Germany unveils €18bn research plan Jul p10
Gravity and general relativity
- Castles in the air Perkowitz S Jan
- What goes up... Chambers R; de Podesta M; Fox M Feb p20
- New probe plots Earth's gravity field Mar p11
- Cosmic alternatives? Gregory R Apr p40
- That gravity thing Jewess M May p23
- The unique universe Smolin L Jun p21
- Black-hole analogue traps sound Jul p4
- Beyond Einstein's gravity Amelino-Camelia G Jul p48
- Of gluons, atoms and strings Jacak B Sep p35
History of physics
- Salam's independence Fraser G Jan p21
- Atomic arias Crease R P Jan p34
- Lord Kelvin, revolutionary scientist Saxon D Jan p36
- Journeys to greatness Crease R P Feb p18
- E=mc² in theory and in practice Friedlander M W Feb p38
- Literary love Feb p40
- The Galileo affair Finocchiaro M A Mar p54
- Pure genius Apr p15
- German for physicists Stein B Apr p16
- Beautifully strange Enderby J Apr p38
- The gambling scholar Ekert A May p36
- The story of the quantum O'Raifeartaigh C May p44
- Questions of attribution Steele J Jun p18
- 'Shockley park' stirs racism row Jul p9
- In praise of Darwin Durrani M Jul p15
- Sprechen Sie Physik? Lamden R J Jul p21
- Darwin’s legacy Susskind L Jul p42
- A tale of two minds Fraser G Aug p32
- How Britannia beat the waves Bridgman R Aug p38
- Free audio archive brings legends to life Sep p10
- Remembering Salam Durrani S; Duff M; Adams B Sep p21
- Dreams of a quantum pioneer Segrè G Sep p38
India
- India targets bigger and faster grants Feb p14
- Unleashing science in India Bagla P Apr p12
Industry and innovation
- Solar power edges towards grid parity Feb p14
- Oxford Instruments honoured Apr p11
- In search of the black swans Buchanan M Apr p22
- Qatar opens science park May p10
- Future nuclear plants could put pressure on helium supply May p11
- Swanning about Padman R; Herrod R Jun p18
- Diamond targets E. coli Jul p5
- Intel turns to photonics to extend Moore's law Hitz B Jul p12
- Once a physicist: Bruce McWilliams Jul p54
- Nortel sheds staff as bankruptcy bites Sep p8
International
- Asia joins forces in radio astronomy Jan p9
- Science comes to @Bahrain Jun p10
- Pakistan boosts science budget Aug p10
Internet
- Web life: The Periodic Table of Videos Jan p35
- Web life: The Evil Mad Scientist Project Apr p41
- Join the Twitter bandwagon May p15
- Doing science in the open Nielsen M May p30
- Web life: Hyperphysics May p43
- Comments from physicsworld.com Aug p20
- Comments from physicsworld.com Sep p22
- Web life: Sixty Symbols Sep p39
Ireland
- Science offers hope for Irish economy May p10
Italy
- SuperB machine set to study antimatter Feb p11
- Italy seeks geothermal renaissance Mar p10
- Damaging effect: the impact of the L'Aquila earthquake Banks M May p13
Japan
- Japanese mega-lab nears completion Feb p11
- Neutrino beamline begins its journey from Japenese lab Jun p8
- Stage fright Aug p3
- Japan completes space lab Aug p9
- Japan accelerates ahead Banks M Aug p11
Lasers and optics
- World's biggest laser powers up Mar p7
- Maxwell's demon lives May p5
- Intel turns to photonics to extend Moore's law Hitz B Jul p12
Lateral thoughts
- What's your favourite planet? Edwards P Jan p48
- What did sociologists ever do for us? Macdonald A Feb p52
- Clutching at dark straws Oliver K Mar p80
- The downside of technology O'Raifeartaigh C Apr p56
- Subs, satellites and dark matter Jenkins D May p56
- Weapons of mass instruction Lewney M Jun p52
- On the origin of the Darwin unit McGuigan K Jul p60
- Blame it on the butterfly Oliver K Aug p48
- Schrödinger’s dog Monteiro L H A Sep p52
Light sources, synchotrons and free-electron lasers
- European synchotron secures €177m for upgrade Jan p7
- Construction starts on €1bn X-ray free-electron laser Feb p10
- Brookhaven lab gets the nod for $900m light source Feb p10
- A new frontier awaits for US particle-physics lab Mar p12
- Light omission Brinkmann R, Weckert E Mar p17
- World's brightest synchrotron powers up May p8
Mathematical and statistical physics
- Invisibility to cover entire spectrum Jan p4
- Shiftier constants Jones J Jan p21
- Flu fighters use the Web to track virus Apr p10
- Algorithm automates physical laws May p4
- Web life: Phun Jun p39
- Into the woods Jul p50
- A tale of two minds Fraser G Aug p32
- Revenge of the mathematicians Aug p39
Medical physics
- MRI gets new legs Apr p5
- Bubbles burst for hospital cleanliness May p5
- Speedy camera aids medical imaging Jun p5
- Isotope shortage triggers delays for patients Jul p8
- Seeing inside bones Aug p4
- Canadian reactor delays add to agency's troubles Aug p8
- Threats to ultra-high-field MRI Le Bihan D Aug p16
- Medical imaging at risk from European directive Keevil S Sep p21
- Caught CAT-napping Moloney S Sep p21
Microscopy
- Fermi surface unmasked Apr p4
Miscellaneous
- Hold the front page Jan p3
- And the survey says... Jan p3
- Strictly no dancing Jan p3
- Reasons to be cheerful Jan p15
- Read your thoughts Jan p15
- Checklists, rules and creativity Glasmacher T Jan p16
- Science toys Crease R P Jan p19
- Memories that stick Dryburgh P Jan p21
- Collector's item Feb p3
- Einstein on the buses Feb p3
- Top job Feb p3
- Storm in a teacup Feb p3
- Poker face Feb p3
- Hands-on innovation Chubb J Feb p20
- Topological toys Little J Feb p20
- Yours anonymously Grozier J Feb p20
- More sticky memories Parker G Feb p21
- A modest proposal Albrow M Feb p21
- Comments from physicsworld.com Feb p21
- Traveller's tales Mar p3
- Calculators at the ready Mar p3
- Spooky Einstein Mar p3
- Cheers to Galileo Mar p3
- Comments from physicsworld.com Hamill H; de Podesta M; Weidig T; Evanson N; Thomas G Mar p18
- Imagine all the units Jones C Mar p18
- Off to the pub Young H Mar p18
- Quiz results Mar p18
- In stitches Apr p3
- Flat-packed living Apr p3
- A year in the making Apr p3
- Backing black swans Apr p15
- German for physicists Stein B Apr p16
- Comments from physicsworld.com Apr p20
- Unitary disagreements Grozier J; Leyshon G Apr p21
- April fools May p3
- Comments from physicsworld.com May p22
- Unitary own goals Maxted K May p23
- Safe for safety? Jun p3
- Calling all pizza tossers Jun p3
- Shocking new twist on Rodin's "The Thinker" Jun p11
- Boundaries of science Davies G Jun p18
- Physics has talent Jul p3
- Game simulates destruction according to the laws of physics Jul p13
- Twinkle, twinkle Pye D, Crundwell R Jul p21
- Unusual units Paix D Jul p21
- Rap riposte Sep p3
- An amazing tribute Sep p3
- Your best unit Crease R P Sep p19
- Language lore Marks J M Sep p23
- Last call for units Randall S; Rosen R; Jones C; Bean L W; Lane F Sep p23
Nanotechnology
- Repulsive Casimir effect captured Feb p4
- Bacteria could provide alternative energy supply Feb p5
- Nanowires stick to chips Feb p5
- The rise and fall of a physics fraudster Reich E S May p24
- The world's smallest box Jun p5
- Minister unveils new nanotech centres Jun p10
- The flaw in Planck's law Sep p4
- Portugal opens novel nanotech lab Sep p10
Nuclear physics
- Rare-isotope facility goes to Michigan Jan p6
- Checklists, rules and creativity Glasmacher T Jan p16
- Nucleus does the double Jun p4
- The map and trap rap Aug p3
- The Copernicium revolution Aug p9
Nuclear power
- A fresh look at nuclear Hay S and Kelk M Jan p38
- New reactor to destroy nuclear waste Mar p9
- Sweden seeks U-turn on nuclear power Mar p9
- US nuclear repository in jeopardy Apr p6
- Future nuclear plants could put pressure on helium supply May p11
- Domeward bound Jun p10
- Sweden picks site for waste repository Jul p8
- Bang goes the waste Aug p3
- Extension for Spanish reactor fails to satisfy operator Aug p8
Nuclear weapons
- The nuclear threat: a new start Drell S Feb p16
- Nuclear politics Ranson J Apr p20
Oceanography
- Once a physicist: Conrad C Lautenbacher Jr Aug p42
- Fish swish the oceans Sep p5
Optics
- Light mystery solved? Feb p4
- Anti-reflective films look to moth eyes Mar p5
- Curved light bends the rules May p5
- Optical cloaks edge closer Jun p4
- Do cells care about physics? Guck J Jul p31
Particle physics
- SuperB machine set to study antimatter Feb p11
- Chameleons weigh in Mar p4
- A new frontier awaits for US particle-physics lab Mar p12
- Top result for two Tevatron teams Apr p4
- Peter Higgs appears on canvas Apr p7
- Top toy May p3
- CP violation estimated May p4
- US neutrino experiment gets under way Jun p7
- Neutrino beamline begins its journey from Japenese lab Jun p8
- New light on axions Jul p4
- Canadian neutrino lab branches out Jul p9
- Who's new at the Zoo? Aug p3
- Japan accelerates ahead Banks M Aug p11
- A tale of two minds Fraser G Aug p32
- From prairie to energy frontier Roser R Aug p36
- The neutrino hunter Nishikawa K and Banks M Sep p12
- Row bubbles up over particle prize Sep p13
- Of gluons, atoms and strings Jacak B Sep p35
- Puzzling physics Sep p41
Philosophy of science
- Out of time Bevan J Aug p19
Physics and finance
- The (unfortunate) complexity of the economy Bouchaud J-P Apr p28
- Observing the economy Rosenbaum S Jul p21
Physics and religion
- In their own words Apr p42
- One scientist's faith Apr p42
- A voice of dissent Apr p42
- The Pope's scientists Cartlidge E May p12
- Judging Galileo Hutchinson I; Brandon D; Ferguson I May p21
- Religion explained Crease R P Aug p18
Physics and sport
- Canoe do physics? Grove S Apr p21
- Spot kick May p3
- Bad golfers of the world, unite Jul p50
- Physics tackles rugby Jul p50
- Avast ye landlubbers Jul p50
Plasma physics
- Curved light bends the rules May p5
- Of gluons, atoms and strings Jacak B Sep p35
Publishing
- Elsevier challenged over journal operations Banks M Jan p10
- Debating open access and arXiv Prentice J; Fairlie D Jan p20
- Funding open access Sprouse G D, Zimmermann F Mar p17
- Web life: Cosmic Diary Mar p59
- Doing science in the open Nielsen M May p30
- Tweet your preprints Jun p3
- Calling the space 'tweedia' Jul p3
- Fledgling site challenges arXiv server Aug p9
- Comments from physicsworld.com Aug p20
- Focused papers get more citations Sep p10
- Comments from physicsworld.com Sep p22
Publishing and public understanding
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey tops astronomy citation list Mar p10
- Making physics popular Crease R P Apr p18
- Web life: Planet SciCast Aug p37
- Scientists in the newsroom Czerski H Aug p40
Quantum physics
- Repulsive Casimir effect captured Feb p4
- The race to build a quantum computer Bacon D Feb p26
- Teleportation goes the distance Mar p4
- An eye on entanglement Apr p5
- The gambling scholar Ekert A May p36
- The story of the quantum O'Raifeartaigh C May p44
- China creates quantum network Jun p11
- The quantum life Davies P Jul p24
- Feynman's 'quantum walk' observed Aug p4
- Stepping up to quantum computing Sep p4
- Less reality, more security Ekert A Sep p28
- Of gluons, atoms and strings Jacak B Sep p35
- Dreams of a quantum pioneer Segrè G Sep p38
Research conduct and ethics
- Physicist appeals against security revoke Jan p11
- Physicist accused of misappropriating NASA funds Apr p11
- In search of the black swans Buchanan M Apr p22
- Physics and fraud May p15
- The rise and fall of a physics fraudster Reich E S May p24
- Swanning about Padman R; Herrod R Jun p18
- Reflections on the Schön affair Brandon D; Santic B Jul p19
- Fraud, misinformation and the open culture Pointon T Aug p20
Russia
- Russia plans new generation of lunar spacecraft May p9
Science and society
- Physicist bags Templeton prize Apr p9
- Making physics popular Crease R P Apr p18
- ‘Two cultures’ turns 50 Crease R P May p19
- Snowed under: 50 years of the 'two cultures' Storey O; Johnston R; Bacon M Jul p19
- Public praise for science Aug p9
Semiconductors and electronics
- Towards the ultimate transistor Natelson D Jun p27
- Clothes that can see Aug p5
- Beyond the wonder material Novoselov K Aug p27
South Africa
- Giant array faces financial and political challenges May p8
Space science and the solar system
- Lost baggage Jan p3
- Extreme climate change Jan p3
- Europe and US seek collaboration on missions to Mars Jan p7
- Detecting new Earths Schirber M Mar p8
- New probe plots Earth's gravity field Mar p11
- Up close and personal Williamson M Mar p33
- Another giant leap for mankind Spudis P D Mar p40
- NASA rocket failure delays Glory mission Apr p6
- NASA missions: late and expensive Apr p11
- Finland publishes space strategy Apr p11
- China outlines lunar programme Apr p11
- Planets under pressure Jeanloz R Apr p34
- Toilet troubles May p3
- US seeks to lift export ban on satellite technology May p9
- Russia plans new generation of lunar spacecraft May p9
- NASA maps the way for lunar return Banks M May p14
- Astronauts give Hubble a new lease of life Jun p9
- New NASA boss nominated Jun p9
- Who needs the lunar breakdown services? Jul p3
- Telescope rises to the Sun Jul p10
- Japan completes space lab Aug p9
- Taik no chances Sep p3
- Launch your own space kit Sep p3
- Europe unveils plans for UK space base Sep p7
- Voyager heads for interstellar space Corfield R Sep p11
Superconductivity
- The strong-correlations puzzle Quintanilla J and Hooley C Jun p32
Sweden
- Sweden seeks U-turn on nuclear power Mar p9
- Boost for Swedish neutron bid May p10
- Sweden leads race to host European neutron facility Jun p8
- Sweden picks site for waste repository Jul p8
- Sweden bags neutron source Jul p10
UK
- Top physics departments tumble in new RAE review Jan p8
- New UK centres extend training for PhD students Jan p8
- RAE wranglings provoke debate Haigh J, Bradley D, Knight P; McGrath R Feb p19
- The ratings game Braben D W Apr p20
- Clover and out for UK telescope May p7
- The economic-impact fallacy Moriarty P Jun p16
- UK physics hit by fresh funding cuts Aug p7
- Universities give record level of support to the UK economy Aug p7
- Braced for bad times Durrani M Aug p15
- Supporting research in a recession Allport P Aug p19
- How Britannia beat the waves Bridgman R Aug p38
- Europe unveils plans for UK space base Sep p7
US
- Rare-isotope facility goes to Michigan Jan p6
- Obama chooses Chu as energy boss Jan p11
- Obama signals fresh approach to science Gwynne P Feb p8
- Stanford sets up $100m energy institute Feb p9
- Brookhaven lab gets the nod for $900m light source Feb p10
- US neutron source wins upgrade Feb p11
- Science at centre stage Feb p15
- World's biggest laser powers up Mar p7
- A new frontier awaits for US particle-physics lab Mar p12
- Physical science receives stimulus boost Mar p13
- US nuclear repository in jeopardy Apr p6
- US pays price for $500m budget blunder Apr p10
- US seeks to lift export ban on satellite technology May p9
- Physicist nominated for top job at Department of Energy May p11
- US neutrino experiment gets under way Jun p7
- Obama commits to science spending Jun p9
- Physicist sentenced for export violation Aug p10
- Renewable energy boosted by US stimulus cash Sep p8
Women in physics
- Women beat men to faculty positions Jul p10