Print edition - index 2002

Acoustics

• Bubble fusion: fact or fiction? Pennicott K Apr p5
• Doubts about bubble fusion Apr p13
• Surround-sound sensation May p25
• Extra dimension for audio Cartlidge E Jul p11

Applications

• Paper video Jan p3
• Pushing for profits from magnesium diboride Cartlidge E Jan p8
• Physics raises food standards Jamieson V Jan p21
• Radio-wave models branch out Jan p25
• Sensors fit for the road Jamieson V Jan p26
• Hot prospects for fridges Feb p12
• Fingerprint sensor makes an excellent impression Jamieson V Feb p24
• Car lubricants: fact and friction Taylor I Feb p39
• Physics and forensics Wilkinson T, Perry D, McKinney W, Martin M Mar p43
• Pushing fibre to the limit Apr p3
• Business eyes up the potential of MEMS Durrani M Apr p8
• Display firm turns polymers into profits Cartlidge E Apr p9
• Antique dealers turn to physics Jamieson V Apr p23
• Lasers clear leaves on the line Durrani M May p21
• Surround-sound sensation May p25
• E-tongue tastes success May p26
• Quantum cascade lasers shine on Cartlidge E Jun p10
• LCDs paint a bright future Jun p11
• Watching biology in action Cherry S Jun p29
• Printing makes its mark Jul p6
• New look at breast cancer Gould P Jul p7
• Displays enter the next dimension Jamieson V Jul p23
• Fuel cells eye up the mainstream market Kendall K Jul p30
• Energy savings go through the roof Jamieson V Jul p32
• Antigravity propulsion still up in the air Sep p8
• Blind researcher who has a grand vision for science Cartlidge E Sep p12
• Hands-free writing is made easy on the eye Oct p3
• Water powers novel chips Nov p10
• Mobiles look to Maxwell Nov p11
• X-rays boost building work Cartlidge E Nov p27
• Skin care gets hi-tech makeover Dec p7
• Pipe organs: physics in an action Pykett C Dec p21

Art and science

• Dark matter in poetic measure Jan p48
• Uncertainty in New York Feb p8
• Much more than pretty pictures Crease R Nov p19
• Physics meets art and literature Rodgers P Nov p29
• Did Picasso know about Einstein? Muldoon C Nov p30
• Making science look good Nov p31
• When science takes to the stage Rodgers P Nov p32
• Iconic images Muldoon C, Rodgers P Nov p35
• Portrait of the physicist as an artist Nov p36
• Novel approaches to science Rodgers P Nov p38
• A brief history of art and science Muldoon C, Rodgers P Nov p40
• Art meets science underground Dec p5

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

• Gravitational microlens Jan p7
• From the big bang to the eureka moment Rodgers P Feb p9
• Black holes and beyond Feb p13
• Death by supernova Mar p3
• Quantum gravity's new phenomenon Cartlidge E Mar p9
• A new golden age for astronomy Jamieson V Mar p23
• Most distant galaxy ever Apr p3
• New light cast on dark energy Apr p7
• Quark star May p3
• The origin of neutrino mass Murayama H May p35
• A high-energy window on the universe Cartlidge E Jun p6
• More evidence for neutrino oscillation Jun p7
• Cyclic universe runs into criticism Rodgers P Jun p8
• Standard model of cosmology hits new peaks Jun p8
• Supermassive black holes Ferrarese L, Merritt D Jun p41
• Tuning in to the early universe Silk J Aug p21
• Neutrino astronomy plunges the depths Cartlidge E Sep p6
• The life and times of a popular scientist Rodgers P Sep p10
• Could the end be in sight for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays? Sarkar S Sep p23
• Europe to launch gamma probe Cartlidge E Oct p5
• Cosmic microwaves reveal polarization Oct p7
• Official: a supermassive black hole in Milky Way Nov p3
• X-rays illuminate nova explosions Nov p3
• Astrophysics wins Nobel acclaim Rodgers P Nov p5
• Brown dwarfs:
  stars that never made it Jones H R A Nov p43
• Allies found in the fight against light Gwynne P Dec p8

Atomic and molecular physics

• Cold positrons support the annihilation theory Mitroy J Mar p24
• A Fermi gas of atoms Jin D Apr p27
• Atom interferometer that puts noise in the shade Schmiedmayer J Jun p26
• Condensates on crest of a wave Holland M Jul p19
• Exciting times for water Sep p3
• Electron bunches are cut down to size Scrinzi A Sep p26
• Butterfly state Sep p27
• Atom lithography unveils its new mask Nov p10
• Bosons help to beat the Fermi pressure Hinds E Nov p25

Australia

• "Dismal" future for science Jan p11
• Australian reactor given green light May p9

Awards and prizes

• Joint awards recognize nanomechanics and wetting Jan p54
• Religious win for physicist Apr p7
• Exposing the flaws in the Nobel facade Nielsen H Apr p46
• Three share Fritz London prize Jun p13
• Physicists receive US national medals Jun p13
• Particle physicist wins the 2002 Harrie Massey prize Jun p54
• Physicists win writing prizes Aug p11
• Cosmologists collect Dirac medal Sep p12
• EPS announces prize winners Sep p12
• 2003 Institute Prize winners Sep p52
• Institute elects four new honorary fellows to its ranks Oct p48
• EPS announces prize winners Oct p49
• Astrophysics wins Nobel acclaim Rodgers P Nov p5
• Protein experts scoop chemistry prizes Nov p9
• Beer paper wins Ig Nobel physics prizes Nov p9
• Sharing out the Nobel prize Nov p15

Biophysics

• The beating of the heart Feb p3
• Mimicking the brain Smye S, Orpwood R, Mallot H, Mason S, Zrenner E Feb p27
• Stimulating collaboration in biosciences Cooper P Feb p47
• Molecular biology goes nonlinear Mar p3
• Protein folding and the secret of life Grosberg A Mar p26
• The power of hearing Duke, T May p29
• Watching biology in action Cherry S Jun p29
• Physics, biology and DNA Rodgers P Jun p53
• New look at breast cancer Gould P Jul p7
• Can noise actually boost brain power? McClintock P Jul p20
• Physicists see eye to eye with ophthalmologists Jamieson V Aug p24
• Watching the brain at work Gowland P, Francis S, Morris P, Bowtell R Dec p31

Books reviewed

• Dark matter in poetic measure Jan p48
• A Responsibility to Awe, Rebecca Elson Howard P Jan p48
• On Science, Brian Ridley Lévy-Leblond J Jan p49
• Universality: The Underlying Theory Behind Life, the Universe and Everything, Mark Ward Sornette D Jan p50
• Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws, John Taylor 't Hooft G Feb p44
• 200 Puzzling Physics Problems, Peter Gnädig, Gyula Honyek and Ken Riley Gorzkowski W Feb p45
• Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements, John Emsley Harris J Feb p46
• It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science, Graham Farmelo (ed) Taylor J Mar p47
• A Brief History of Science: As Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments, Thomas Crump Johnson K Mar p48
• Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, John Moore and Nicholas Spencer (ed) Trommsdorff H Mar p49
• Science Askew: A Light-hearted Look at the Scientific World, Donald Simanek and John Holden Durrani M Mar p49
• Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries, Steven Weinberg Ellis J Apr p45
• The Politics of Excellence: Behind the Nobel Prize in Science, Robert Marc Friedman Nielsen H Apr p46
• The Grip of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Laws of Motion and Gravitation, Prabhakar Gondhalekar Gundlach J Apr p47
• The Science of Imaging: An Introduction, Graham Saxby Apr p48
• Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Credland J May p47
• Our Cosmic Habitat, Martin Rees Oberhummer H May p48
• The Golden Years of Theoretical Physics, Jagdish Mehra (ed) Kragh H May p49
• Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, David Hockney Trolinger J Jun p49
• Cambridge Scientific Minds, Peter Harmon and Simon Mitton (ed) Ellis G Jun p50
• The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man, Jeffrey Satinover Carr B Jun p51
• How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space, Janna Levin Copeland E Jul p47
• From Certainty to Uncertainty:The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century, F David Peat Brown J Jul p48
• Great Physicists:The life and Times of Physicists from Galileo to Hawking, William H Cropper Rowe D Jul p49
• Sakharov: A Biography, Richard Lourie Gorelik G Aug p39
• Vacuum Bazookas, Electric Rainbow Jelly and 27 Other Saturday Science Projects, Neil A Downie Taylor B Aug p40
• The Inventor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines, Glenn Fishbine Carline R Aug p41
• A New Kind of Sceince, Stephen Wolfram Lloyd S Sep p47
• Mathematical Vistas: From a Room With Many Windows, Peter Hilton, Derek Holton and Jean Pedersen Jordan S Sep p49
• The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist Bernstein J Oct p43
• The Hundred Greatest Stars, James Kaler Malin D Oct p44
• Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysics, Marian Bruck McKenna-Lawlor S Oct p45
• A colourful picture of particles Oct p46
• Deconstructing rainbows Berry M Nov p49
• Science Goes To War: The Search for the Ultimate Weapon, from Greek Fire to Star Wars, Ernest Volkman Marsh G E Nov p50
• Flash: the Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe, Govert Schilling; The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, The Most Violent Explosions in the Universe, Jonathan Katz Wijers R Nov p51
• Doughnuts reveal life's secrets Perkowitz S Dec p37
• Kepler and Tycho Brahe: the odd couple Kozhamthadam J Dec p38
• Charting the course of the Pye pioneer Dec p39
• The truth behind Newton’s many faces Dec p40
• Famous first words: Einstein's correspondence with children Dec p41
• Unravelling the strands of a life in DNA Dec p42
• European best-sellers in 2002 Dec p43

Canada

• Physics wins cash windfall Mar p10

Careers and employment

• From physics to medicine Jan p11
• An enterprising role with Star Trek Gwynne P Jan p12
• Science policy: the big picture Giddings J Jan p58
• Those who can, teach physics Wilson C Mar p56
• Solutions to the skills gap Durrani M May p9
• Institute steps up careers advice May p52
• Graduates get set for success Roberts G Jun p58
• Physics and vertical-pipe fitting Hopkins C Jul p55
• Have you heard the rumour mill? Terning J Oct p15
• Career options for graduates Durrani M Oct p52
• The science of physics teaching Taber K Dec p53

CERN

• Anti-atoms in numbers Oct p3
• CERN looks inside anti-atoms Dume B Dec p5

Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity

• Molecular biology goes nonlinear Mar p3
• Can noise actually boost brain power? McClintock P Jul p20
• Interdisciplinary institute goes global Sep p9
• Opening the book of revelations Lloyd S Sep p47

Climate change and the environment

• Keeping a high-tech eye on the planet Moore J Feb p6
• Exciting times for water Sep p3

Condensed matter

• Insulators at the limit Jan p3
• Classical Wigner crystals move on Rubo Y Jan p24
• New phase in Bose gases Feb p3
• Particles get all dressed up Meier T, Koch S Feb p24
• Semiconductor microcavities: half light, half matter Baumberg J Mar p37
• A Fermi gas of atoms Jin D Apr p27
• Novel quantum order in the ruthenates Mackenzie A, Maeno Y, Julian S Apr p33
• Spintronics Grundler D Apr p39
• The road to new materials DiTusa J, Chan J May p25
• Crystals do the twist Jun p3
• Misconduct claim hits Bell Labs Jun p5
• Bell Labs in the spotlight Jun p15
• Spectroscopy scales new peaks Callaghan P Jun p23
• Magnetic logic gate open Jul p3
• Long molecules improve organic diodes Lane P Jul p22
• Defying the second law Aug p3
• Negative reaction to negative refraction Cartlidge E Aug p8
• Nanoscale breakthrough for data-storage research Cartlidge E Aug p9
• Nanotubes speed up Bachtold A Aug p22
• Molecular simulations break the ice Scandolo S, Tosatti E Aug p25
• Electron microscopes go to new lengths Sep p3
• Polymer devices live longer Fitzmaurice D Sep p25
• One-way transport in quantum dots Blaauboer M Oct p21
• One-way transport in quantum dots Oct p21
• When electrons decay into spin and charge Claessen R Oct p22
• When electrons decay into spin and charge Oct p22
• Optical tweezers: the next generation Dholakia K, Spalding G, MacDonald M Oct p31
• Optical tweezers: the next generation Oct p31
• New directions with fewer dimensions Berggren K, Pepper M Oct p37
• New directions with fewer dimensions Oct p37
• Bosons help to beat the Fermi pressure Hinds E Nov p25
• Computing with cascades Dec p3
• Magnetic carbon found in meteorite Dec p3
• Lithium feels the pressure to become a superconductor Hanfland M Dec p19
• Organic semiconductors in a spin Samuel I Dec p20

Education

• Those who can, teach physics Wilson C Mar p56
• Institute tackles the teacher shortage Cooper P Apr p50
• Looking at how we teach physics Lambourne R May p15
• Millionaire puts his faith in telescopes Durrani M Jul p12
• Kinetic curiosities and string radios Taylor B Aug p40
• Uptake for A-level physics on the rise Sep p5
• Supporting non-specialist teachers Wilson C Sep p51
• Students challenged by new approach Oct p7
• Teachers get a helping hand Oct p47
• Let me teach maths Tucker S Nov p20

Energy

• Fusion company comes in from the cold Jan p6
• Solar boost for green fuel Jan p6
• Keeping a high-tech eye on the planet Moore J Feb p6
• Irish build biggest offshore wind farm Feb p11
• Shell places its faith in solar energy Malsch I May p8
• Future energy challenges Jul p13
• What does energy really mean? Crease R Jul p15
• Energy challenges Jamieson V Jul p25
• Green cars move into top gear Gwynne P Jul p27
• The hydrogen economy blasts off Chapman T Jul p29
• Fuel cells eye up the mainstream market Kendall K Jul p30
• Energy savings go through the roof Jamieson V Jul p32
• Bright future for efficient lights Lister G Jul p34
• Solar power to the people Peterson T, Fies B Jul p35
• Surge of interest in wave energy Taylor J Jul p37
• Wind power moves out to sea Henderson A Jul p40
• New designs on nuclear energy Durrani M Jul p42
• Waiting for the power of the Sun Rodgers P Jul p44
• The role for physics in energy supply Nuttall W, Panesor T Jul p51
• Further challanges in store for energy Aug p18
• Use and abuse of our energy supply Sep p21

European Physical Society

• EPS elects new president Jun p13
• EPS announces prize winners Sep p12
• EPS announces prize winners Oct p49

European Space Agency

• Research cut to the bone Jun p5
• Europe heads for Venus Aug p11
• Europe to launch gamma probe Cartlidge E Oct p5
• One man's race to Mars Cartlidge E Dec p10

European Union

• EU outlines research challenge Gould P May p5
• Research chief outlines Euro vision May p51

Facilities

• Neutron boss takes charge Feb p11
• Spain secure synchrotron Apr p11
• Physicists debate future of facilities May p50
• Big push for European neutrons Jun p9
• Japan invests in high-power protons Nov p8

France

• Research chief embarks on reform Sanders E Apr p12
• Astronaut flies into top French post Jul p7

Fusion

• Fusion takes centre stage Akers R Feb p22
• Fusion gets funding switch Apr p11
• Three more offers from ITER Jul p9
• Waiting for the power of the Sun Rodgers P Jul p44
• US scientists back ITER project Sep p5
• Physics with petawatt lasers Norreys P Sep p39

Germany

• Germany backs plans for a linear collider Aug p10

History of physics

• What ever happened to B, C and S? Rodgers P Jan p9
• Was Aristotle the first physicist? Rowan-Robinson M Jan p15
• New letters reveal war-time mysteries Durrani M Mar p7
• A modern view of the history of science Johnson K Mar p48
• Golden years skip who got silver Kragh H May p49
• The FBI vs Albert Einstein Jun p13
• Edward Teller: friend and foe Crease R Jun p19
• Lev Landau: physicist and revolutionary Kojevnikov A Jun p35
• Paul Dirac: seeking beauty Kragh H Aug p27
• Quantum theory and the Nobel prize Friedman R Aug p33
• Sakharov, science and freedom Gorelik G Aug p39
• Gell-Mann and Joyce re-united in Dublin Sep p9
• The double-slit experiment Sep p15
• The most beautiful experiment Crease R Sep p19
• What Galileo did at the tower of Pisa Nov p20
• William Thomson: king of Victorian physics McCartney M Dec p25
• Kepler and Tycho Brahe: the odd couple Kozhamthadam J Dec p38
• The truth behind Newton’s many faces Dec p40
• Famous first words: Einstein's correspondence with children Dec p41
• Unravelling the strands of a life in DNA Dec p42

India

• Energy amplifier for India Ramachandran R Aug p12
• Lab looks for US talent Sep p8

Industry and innovation

• HP shuts down maths institute Jan p11
• Finding funding from venture capitalists Chapman T Feb p10
• UK spin-offs valued highly Feb p11
• Business eyes up the potential of MEMS Durrani M Apr p8
• Display firm turns polymers into profits Cartlidge E Apr p9
• Shell places its faith in solar energy Malsch I May p8
• Fast track to technology development Cartlidge E May p8
• The route to invention and innovation May p51
• Micro device sense profit Jun p13
• Graduates get set for success Roberts G Jun p58
• Physicist profits in world of big business Gwynne P Jul p8
• Extra dimension for audio Cartlidge E Jul p11
• Green cars move into top gear Gwynne P Jul p27
• Nanotech looks long term Aug p10
• Reaching for the stars Aug p11
• Italian firm eyes up space Oct p12
• Physicist loses court battle Nov p9
• Swotting up on intellectual property Nov p54
• New 3D display reveals Sharp approach Durrani M Dec p6
• ITER fusion project targets businesses Durrani M Dec p9
• Charting the course of the Pye pioneer Dec p39

Institute of Physics

• Going global in support of physics Brown R, Melville P Jan p53
• Stimulating collaboration in biosciences Cooper P Feb p47
• Record numbers head for Congress Cartlidge E Mar p51
• Savoy hosts largest ever awards dinner Mar p52
• Institute names next head Apr p6
• Institute tackles the teacher shortage Cooper P Apr p50
• 2002 teachers' awards recognize excellence Apr p51
• Bumper congress offers full spectrum of physics May p50
• Growing in influence at the Institute Rodgers P Aug p42
• Institute appoints new director of education Aug p43
• Council news Aug p46
• Supporting non-specialist teachers Wilson C Sep p51
• King starts new era at the Institute Sep p52
• Teachers get a helping hand Oct p47
• Institute elects four new honorary fellows to its ranks Oct p48
• Exciting times and challenges ahead Nov p53
• New education boss appointed Dec p46
• Institute council, senior staff and honorary officers Dec p48

International

• Physical societies seek strength through collaboration Melville P Jul p52
• Interdisciplinary institute goes global Sep p9
• New director at the ICTP Dec p8

Ireland

• Irish science needs cash Jun p9
• Laser lab focuses on R&D Mac Mathuna D Jul p9
• Ireland rewards physicists Oct p9

Italy

• Anger greets reform plans Oct p6

Japan

• KEK names new leader Jul p7
• Japan invests in high-power protons Nov p8

Lasers and optics

• Lasers tune in to liquid crystals Jan p3
• Experimental attophysics comes of age Lewenstein M, Sanpera A Jan p25
• Artificial black holes on the research horizon Feb p7
• Fractals on video Feb p25
• Quantum dots break new ground Michler P Mar p27
• Semiconductor microcavities: half light, half matter Baumberg J Mar p37
• Pushing fibre to the limit Apr p3
• Who really discovered Snell's law? Kwan A, Dudley J, Lantz E Apr p64
• Nanoscale microscopy May p3
• Lasers clear leaves on the line Durrani M May p21
• Quantum cascade lasers shine on Cartlidge E Jun p10
• LCDs paint a bright future Jun p11
• Light beam Jul p3
• Physicist profits in world of big business Gwynne P Jul p8
• Quantum mechanics at large Aug p3
• Short-wavelength lasers shows spatial coherence Aug p3
• Negative reaction to negative refraction Cartlidge E Aug p8
• Electron bunches are cut down to size Scrinzi A Sep p26
• Physics with petawatt lasers Norreys P Sep p39
• Optical tweezers: the next generation Dholakia K, Spalding G, MacDonald M Oct p31
• Organic semiconductors in a spin Samuel I Dec p20

Lateral thoughts

• The physics of executions Parker K Jan p68
• Why ISS is not the best abbreviation Fuértes F Feb p60
• Do we really know as much as we think? Bishop C Mar p68
• Who really discovered Snell's law? Kwan A, Dudley J, Lantz E Apr p64
• The poetry of James Clerk Maxwell Rowe R May p64
• Experimental spirit McGuigan K Jun p76
• The universe in one week Butterly P Jul p64
• Between a rock and a hard place Hone A Aug p56
• The most amazing 2 1/2 hours of my life Parker G Sep p68
• The wrong stuff McGuigan K Oct p64
• A taste for talking about ice cream Clarke C Nov p68

Mathematical and statistical physics

• Largest prime number found Jan p7
• Protein folding and the secret of life Grosberg A Mar p26
• Top equations add up to beauty Taylor J Mar p47
• Defying the second law Aug p3

Metrology

• Miniature machine plugs metrology gap Leach R Jun p27

Miscellaneous

• An enterprising role with Star Trek Gwynne P Jan p12
• Cartoonist draws in people Mar p10
• Religious win for physicist Apr p7
• Exposing the failures of missile defence Gwynne P Apr p10
• Ball lightning comes down to Earth Abrahamson J Apr p22
• Thwarted theorist advertises his beliefs May p6
• Pioneer of the paranormal Cartlidge E May p10
• Science fiction: the ultimate factoid Jun p15
• Who said that? Rodgers P Jun p17
• Millionaire puts his faith in telescopes Durrani M Jul p12
• Microfluidic chips get mapping Jul p22
• Gell-Mann and Joyce re-united in Dublin Sep p9
• Hanging together Oct p13
• A very strange year Dec p13
• Surely you're joking? Dec p17
• Doughnuts reveal life's secrets Perkowitz S Dec p37

Nanotechnology

• It's a small world after all Gwynne P Jan p10
• Nanoscale breakthrough for data-storage research Cartlidge E Aug p9
• Nanotech looks long term Aug p10
• Nanotubes speed up Bachtold A Aug p22
• How to get rich through nanotechnology Carline R Aug p41

Netherlands

• Dutch face pupil crisis Oct p6

New Zealand

• New Zealand seeks out excellence May p9

Nuclear physics

• Nuclear astrophysics: a new era Wiescher M, Regan P, Aprahamian A Feb p33
• Bubble fusion: fact or fiction? Pennicott K Apr p5
• Doubts about bubble fusion Apr p13
• Nuclear lab sees exotic success... May p7
• ...while Viatron fails to survive May p7
• A foretaste of tetra-neutrons Jun p3
• 118: a case of misconduct Durrani M Aug p7
• Iron-45 nuclei reveal novel two-proton decay process Oct p3
• Size matters when testing exotic nuclei Bruce A Nov p26
• RHIC poses setback for boost theory Dec p3

Nuclear power

• New body to lead clean up Jan p7
• US backs waste repository Feb p8
• Nuclear door remains ajar Mar p6
• New designs on nuclear energy Durrani M Jul p42
• Energy amplifier for India Ramachandran R Aug p12

Nuclear weapons

• New nuclear arsenal for US Apr p7
• Dirty bombs spark war of words Crease R Aug p17
• Scientific analysis backs test ban Sep p7
• UK weapons lab targets new facilities Durrani M Oct p8
• Livermore lab celebrates first 50 years Gwynne P Oct p10
• Pugwash urges end to weapons Nov p11

Obituaries

• Alexander Prokhorov Feb p7
• Robert Hanbury Brown Feb p7
• George Rochester Feb p7
• Max Perutz Mar p10
• Harold Furth Apr p7
• Willibald Jentschke Apr p7
• Victor Weisskopf Jackson J D Jun p12
• Oreste Piccioni Jun p13
• Bill Mitchell 1925-2002 Dec p7

Particle physics

• g-2± some confusion Jan p11
• Media chief swaps sides Feb p8
• Probably the best experiment ever Mar p5
• Dispute follows rare-decay claim Mar p5
• Meeting the modest master of M-theory Rodgers P Mar p8
• Quantum gravity's new phenomenon Cartlidge E Mar p9
• The origin of neutrino mass Murayama H May p35
• Quarks fail to add up Jun p3
• Fermilab revisits rogue neutrino result Jul p6
• Has dark-matter particle disappeared? Jul p9
• Neutrinos aim for the big time Rodgers P Aug p5
• Standard Model challenged again Sep p7
• New support for CP violation Sep p7
• Could the end be in sight for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays? Sarkar S Sep p23
• Charmed particles at the double Yelton J Oct p19
• Going underground to find new physics Gwynne P Nov p12
• Introducing the little Higgs Schmaltz M Nov p23

Philosophy of science

• Compromising peer review Crease R Jan p17
• Horror stories that grow legs Crease R Feb p15
• This is your philosophy Crease R Apr p15
• Pioneer of the paranormal Cartlidge E May p10
• The most beautiful experiment... Crease R May p17
• What does energy really mean? Crease R Jul p15
• Finding the flaw in falsifiability Crease R Dec p15

Physics and sport

• Recreating the Cresta Run Hubbard M Feb p21
• Football physics Wesson J May p41

Publishing

• European best-sellers in 2001 Jan p51
• Writers face the language barrier Durrani M May p12
• The life and times of a popular scientist Rodgers P Sep p10
• Don't give yourself a bad name Tarnow E Sep p17
• TV twins pique theorists Dec p7
• European best-sellers in 2002 Dec p43

Quantum physics

• New visions of magnetic tunnelling Friedman J Jan p22
• The Casimir force makes a comeback Feb p3
• The quantum effects of gravity revealed Feb p5
• The energy-saving quantum afterburner Mar p6
• Quantum dots break new ground Michler P Mar p27
• Quantum computers get real Jones J Apr p21
• Quantum clones emerge May p3
• Cryptography goes far Jul p3
• Quantum mechanics at large Aug p3
• Quantum computing with solids Keyes R Aug p15
• The double-slit experiment Sep p15
• The Casimir effect: a force from nothing Lambrecht A Sep p29
• Atomic entanglement on a grand scale Polzik E Sep p33
• One-way transport in quantum dots Blaauboer M Oct p21
• Electron antibunching finally made beautiful Schönenberger C Oct p23
• Electron antibunching finally made beautiful Oct p23
• Let the quantum games begin Fan Lee C, Johnson N Oct p25
• Quantum key travels record distance Nov p3

Research conduct and ethics

• Misconduct claim hits Bell Labs Jun p5
• Bell Labs in the spotlight Jun p15
• 118: a case of misconduct Durrani M Aug p7
• Reputations at risk Aug p13
• Misconduct strikes the heart of physics Nov p6
• In the matter of J Hendrik Schön Goodstein D Nov p17

Science and society

• Europeans are cool towards science Jan p7
• Media chief swaps sides Feb p8
• The life and times of a popular scientist Rodgers P Sep p10

Semiconductors and electronics

• Spintronics Grundler D Apr p39
• One-way transport in quantum dots Blaauboer M Oct p21
• New directions with fewer dimensions Berggren K, Pepper M Oct p37

Space science and the solar system

• The magnetic attraction of Jupiter Coates A May p23
• US takes next steps towards Mars Jun p7
• Targeting cosmic icebergs Moore J Jul p10
• Familiar look to extrasolar planets Jul p11
• New evidence for ice on Mars Jul p11
• Long gone Oct p6
• Magnetic carbon found in meteorite Dec p3
• One man's race to Mars Cartlidge E Dec p10

Superconductivity

• Pushing for profits from magnesium diboride Cartlidge E Jan p8
• What ever happened to B, C and S? Rodgers P Jan p9
• Liquid droplets take off Mar p3
• Superconductors tell left from right Apr p3
• Return of the magnetic resonance Norman M Apr p24
• A star role for stripes Tranquada J Jun p24
• MgB2: mind the gaps Sep p3
• Antigravity propulsion still up in the air Sep p8
• US firm buys Danish rival Gwynne P Dec p9
• Lithium feels the pressure to become a superconductor Hanfland M Dec p19

Sweden

• Labs face threat of closure Oct p12

UK

• UK research hits new heights Durrani M Jan p5
• Reprieve for Jodrell Bank Jan p7
• Life after another RAE Jan p13
• Big hole opens up in UK funding Feb p5
• Foresight gets to the nub Apr p8
• Bright future for UK laser Apr p11
• UK funds basic technology Apr p11
• Labs need cash injection Cartlidge E May p9
• Oxford opens high-magnetic-field lab Jun p7
• UK labs given central role Jun p9
• "Lighter touch"assessment needed Jun p9
• Strange events hit rural England Durrani M Jul p5
• Lean fututre for research Jul p10
• Researchers receive spending windfall Aug p6
• Uptake for A-level physics on the rise Sep p5
• Llewllyn smith resigns from UCL Sep p12
• UK weapons lab targets new facilities Durrani M Oct p8
• PM opens physics centre Nov p9

US

• New faces take up top jobs Feb p12
• Pentagon axes contract with its science advisors May p7
• Answers to cosmic questions May p7
• NASA mission targets Mercury May p9
• Jason gets back to business Jun p9
• US could double NSF budget Jun p9
• Livermore lab names new boss Jul p7
• Pluto probe is the top dog Aug p12
• US outlines space strategy Sep p7
• Livermore lab celebrates first 50 years Gwynne P Oct p10
• Bush faces pressure to boost funding Oct p11
• Going underground to find new physics Gwynne P Nov p12

Women in physics

• Physics needs women Mar p15
• Turning women into leaders Gebbie K Mar p17
• Mixing motherhood and science Gehring G Mar p18
• Liberté, égalité and fraternité Jamieson V Mar p29
• Learning lessons from the classroom Jamieson V Mar p35
• Paris meeting sets adgenda for equality Apr p6
• Research chief embarks on reform Sanders E Apr p12
• Women galore in Lancaster Aug p11
• Unravelling the strands of a life in DNA Dec p42
• Redressing the gender imbalance Dec p45