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Print edition - index 2003

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Applications

  • New photomasks offer cheap chips Mar p3
  • Radio waves measure body water Chalmers M Mar p26
  • Astrophysics and air travel Taylor G Apr p20
  • Solar surgery May p3
  • Defying gravity May p3
  • In industry, seeing is believing West R Jun p27
  • Novel design for protective tiles Jul p3
  • Playing Havok with physics Mac Mathúna D Aug p10
  • X-ray firm eyes medicine Cartlidge E Aug p11
  • Archaeology using superconductivity Sep p3
  • Prospecting for oil with an optical nose Padgett M Sep p22
  • Ice sensor flies high Chalmers M Sep p24
  • Photonic band gaps deliver the goods Knight J Oct p26
  • Philips DVDs double up Hellemans A Nov p8
  • Magnetoelectronics enhance memory Hagele D and Oestreich M Dec p20

Art and science

  • Lift off for art and science Jan p9
  • Stage set for Meitner's Swedish debut Durrani M Apr p6
  • Literary acclaim for physicist Apr p11
  • Strings take to the stage Apr p12
  • Dancing about physics Jul p6
  • Acting out the search for infinity Shepherd-Barr K Jul p38
  • The story behind Infinities Barrow J Jul p39
  • New plays reveal Newton's dark side Durrani M Oct p11

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

  • Strongest magnet in the cosmos Zane S, Turolla R Jan p19
  • Once and future Mars Bell J Jan p35
  • Have we measured the speed of gravity? Dume B Feb p7
  • Janna Levin: Physics - up front and personal Cartlidge E Feb p11
  • Liquid-mirror telescopes cause a stir Feb p12
  • Sunspots reveal their dark side Priest E Feb p19
  • The first objects in the universe Barkana R Feb p25
  • Satellite reveals new view of the universe's creation Mar p7
  • .....as do gravitational waves Mar p7
  • Astronomy book is a blinder Mar p7
  • Joao Magueijo: A young cosmologist in a hurry Rodgers P Mar p13
  • An insider's view of a world without end Ellis R Mar p49
  • Lift-off for SIRTF mission Apr p7
  • ALMA gets the all clear Apr p7
  • Astrophysics and air travel Taylor G Apr p20
  • The cosmic microwave background Ferreira P G Apr p27
  • Are the laws of nature changing with time? Webb J Apr p33
  • Supernova sheds light on gamma-ray bursts May p3
  • Cosmic-ray mystery nears final answer Gwynne P May p12
  • Martin Rees: astronomer and soothsayer Durrani M May p13
  • Optical interferometry Haniff C & Buscher D May p39
  • Some things never change (or not a lot) Rowan-Robinson M May p46
  • Make or break for gravity experiment Jun p6
  • MOST aims for the stars Jun p6
  • Neutron star's X-factor Jul p3
  • VIRGO joins the search for gravitational waves Hellemans A Jul p7
  • Distant elements of surprise Pettini M Jul p19
  • Amino acid found in deep space Aug p3
  • Cosmic mirage Aug p3
  • Magnetic angle for gamma rays Lamb D Aug p17
  • Cosmic consequences of an odd noise Coles P Aug p42
  • Is the universe set for a big rip? Sep p3
  • Size matters Pockley P Sep p6
  • Options for Hubble's future Moore J Sep p7
  • Astronomy of the invisible Bignami G F Sep p27
  • No need for dark matter Oct p3
  • Huge radio telescope set for Australia Oct p7
  • Wanted: project manager for world's largest telescope Gwynne P Oct p8
  • Molecules in space Gharnley S, Ehrenfreund P and Kuan Y J Oct p35
  • A dodecahedral universe Nov p3
  • When the cosmos changed gear Nov p3
  • South Africa sets its sights on the stars Pockley P Nov p10
  • The string-theory landscape Quevedo F Nov p21
  • Welcome to quantum gravity Chalmers M Nov p27
  • Superstrings Susskind L Nov p29
  • Loop quantum gravity Rovelli C Nov p37
  • Quantum-gravity phenomenology Amelino-Camelia G Nov p43

Atomic and molecular physics

Australia

  • Observatory gutted by fire Feb p5
  • Australian X-ray lab boosted Mar p6
  • Australia faces university reforms Jun p11

Awards and prizes

  • Astrophysicists win Descartes prize Jan p9
  • 2003 Institute of Physics awards Jan p47
  • Awards honour school technicians Feb p48
  • Ig Nobels prove to be more than a joke Apr p12
  • Theorists share Wolf prize May p11
  • Particles win prizes Aug p11
  • Background man in the foreground Aug p11
  • Turbulent times for Dirac medalists Sep p8
  • Physics enjoys Nobel bonanza Rodgers P Nov p5
  • MRI pioneers share medicine prize Cartlidge E Nov p6
  • GMR goes for gold Nov p11
  • More honours for neutrino physicists Nov p11
  • Nobel-prize winners had strong links with Institute Nov p56
  • Displays scoop European prize Durrani M Dec p9
  • 2004 Institute prize winners Dec p45
  • 2003 Chairs of Branches prize Dec p45

Biophysics

Books reviewed

Canada

  • Scientists win reprieve Gwynne P May p6
  • MOST aims for the stars Jun p6

Careers and employment

  • Women urged to aim high Jan p6
  • The many roads to leadership Crease R P Jan p16
  • Surveys show shortage of scientists Feb p10
  • Building a career in physics Wilson A Feb p51
  • Europe suffers brain drain Apr p11
  • Adventures of a tough teacher Prentice P Apr p47
  • A career in product management Walter M May p55
  • Making the most of your career Byrne A Jun p46
  • Working with semiconductors Larson L Jun p47
  • Wanted: multi-talented physicists Gould P Aug p30
  • How to become a life-saver Suchowerska N Aug p47
  • Patently right for inventive minds Hodsdon S Oct p55
  • Soul-searching at Caltech Fuchs C Nov p49
  • Physics proves rich vein for oilman Cartlidge E Dec p10

CERN

  • Plasma physicist picked to head CERN Jan p5
  • CERN - the W and the LHC Jan p13
  • Carlo Rubbia and the discovery of the W and the Z Taubes G Jan p23
  • The W boson weighs in Renton P Jan p29
  • People, particles and purse-strings Durrani M Oct p10
  • Particle accelerators: to the LHC and beyond Myers S Oct p39

Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity

  • Why the world is smaller than we think Pastor-Satorras R Jan p43
  • Didier Sornette: Learning from the master of complexity Cartlidge E Jul p8

China

  • China set for launch of manned mission Ramachandran R Oct p9

Climate change and the environment

Computation and software

Condensed matter

Education

  • UK plans to make science exciting Jan p8
  • Down-to-earth teaching Jan p9
  • Leicester sets up new i-science degree Feb p8
  • Physicists uncertain over higher fees Durrani M Feb p9
  • Life after the White Paper Feb p13
  • Back to school Thompson R Feb p60
  • Back to school Apr p43
  • Book that does what it says on the cover Michette A Jul p39
  • Effective teaching with the Web Bacon D Sep p17
  • On paper, we never stood a chance Whalley M Sep p60
  • Expanding the Teacher Network Wilson C Nov p56
  • Physics on Stage Dec p9

Energy

  • US backs green technologies Jan p8
  • Norway obtains current from currents Mar p10
  • Nuclear alchemy Cartlidge E Jun p8
  • Fuel cells could harm the environment Jul p7
  • Extracting electricity from water Nov p9

Europe

  • Europe seeks the best postdocs Oct p11

European Space Agency

  • ESA gets new boss Jan p9
  • Europe embarks on comet adventure Cartlidge E Jan p10
  • ESA postpones Rosetta mission Feb p5
  • Mars probes go in search of life Chapman T Jun p5
  • Comet mission under threat Jun p7
  • Exoplanet mission ditched Redfearn J Dec p6

European Union

Facilities

  • Jordan lab breaks new ground Jan p5
  • Free-electron laser gets the go ahead Mar p5
  • European neutron lab dealt major blow Mar p6
  • Mixed fortunes for Daresbury... Cartlidge E Apr p5
  • Rutherford embarks on ambitious construction project Apr p5
  • UK invests in large facilities Rodgers P May p5
  • Leading light Cartlidge E May p7
  • Taking free-electron lasers into the X-ray regime Plönjes E, Feldhaus J, Möller T Jul p33
  • High hopes for extreme magnetic fields Hellemans A Aug p7
  • ITER tops US facilities wish list Cartlidge E Dec p5

France

  • Netlanders bite the (Martian) dust Jun p5
  • New boss for the CNRS Dume B Sep p8
  • Giant French laser starts to take shape Dume B Nov p7

Fusion

  • Ball lightning seeks an answer Hardwick J Jan p14
  • The new hot rods of the physics world Katsoukeas T Feb p21
  • ITER welcomes America back on board Mar p8
  • Z machine goes nuclear Dume B May p6
  • Quickening the pulse in fusion research Cartlidge E Aug p8
  • Korea joins push for fusion Cartlidge E Aug p9
  • New era for fusion research centre Cartlidge E Sep p9
  • Laser thermometer eyes up plasmas Hellemans A Oct p11
  • Decision on ITER site still up in the air Cartlidge E Nov p7

Geophysics

Germany

  • Germany backs nuclear physics Cartlidge E Mar p5
  • Green light for German neutrons Jun p13
  • Spin gymnastics at HERA Barber D, Gianfelice-Wendt E, Berglund M Jul p24
  • High hopes for extreme magnetic fields Hellemans A Aug p7
  • X-ray laser: a time and a place Dec p7

Gravity and general relativity

  • Have we measured the speed of gravity? Dume B Feb p7
  • Welcome to quantum gravity Chalmers M Nov p27
  • Superstrings Susskind L Nov p29
  • Loop quantum gravity Rovelli C Nov p37
  • Quantum-gravity phenomenology Amelino-Camelia G Nov p43

History of physics

India

  • India looks to the skies Ramachandran R Jan p11
  • India revamps its science policy Feb p6
  • India set to revive neutrino experiments Mar p9
  • India to build fast-breeder reactor Oct p7

Industry and innovation

  • Plasma boss eyes the Sun Mar p10
  • UK firm goes the distance Mar p11
  • Physics and industry Rodgers P Apr p13
  • Physics makes good business Apr p44
  • Entrepreneur exploits quantum physics Cartlidge E May p8
  • Europe's gaps in R&D Rodgers P May p15
  • Professing for profit Kenward M Jun p10
  • Superconducting wire turns to electrical power Sargent P Jun p21
  • In industry, seeing is believing West R Jun p27
  • Laser expert lights up entertainment Gwynne P Jul p9
  • X-ray firm eyes medicine Cartlidge E Aug p11
  • Cooling off with physics Clarke C Aug p18
  • From the laboratory to the patient Gwynne P Aug p36
  • Focusing on microscopy Cartlidge E Sep p11
  • Car giant puts its faith in fuel cells Wolschin G Oct p12
  • Magnet firm attracts orders by design Durrani M Nov p8
  • Philips DVDs double up Hellemans A Nov p8
  • Delivering advantage for industry Fryer S Nov p54
  • Boeing looks to the future Gwynne P Dec p6
  • Physics proves rich vein for oilman Cartlidge E Dec p10
  • As far apart as ever Rodgers P Dec p13
  • Seeking sustainable spaceflight Maryniak G Dec p17
  • The promise of hypersonic flight Lewis M J Dec p23

Institute of Physics

  • 2003 Institute of Physics awards Jan p47
  • Congress moves north to Scotland Feb p47
  • A personal view of physics education Main P Mar p52
  • Co-ordinators in Physics Teacher Network to meet for the first time Mar p53
  • Council news Mar p55
  • Awards recognize work on particles and aggregates Mar p56
  • Physics and industry Rodgers P Apr p13
  • Teachers' awards 2003 Apr p43
  • Physics makes good business Apr p44
  • Scotland builds on its strengths in science May p50
  • Nominations for membership of the council of the institute May p53
  • Institute targets women in physics Kneissl W Jun p41
  • Policy issues Jun p43
  • Opening doors on physics Stilwell D Jul p42
  • New facilities for members Connolly S Jul p42
  • New Journal of Physics goes from strength to strength Smith T Jul p43
  • Surfing the publishing wave Cowhig J Aug p44
  • Institute to publish new journal on physical biology Aug p45
  • Definitely no dancing Lippmann S Sep p47
  • Council news Sep p51
  • Policy issues Sep p51
  • At the heart of science and society King J Oct p50
  • Delivering advantage for industry Fryer S Nov p54
  • Nobel-prize winners had strong links with Institute Nov p56
  • Einstein Year - a celebration of physics Watson C Dec p43
  • Institute council, senior staff and honorary officers Dec p46

International

  • Physics around the world Apr p13
  • Setting new sights for the ICTP Sreenivasan K Apr p15
  • Adventures of a tough teacher Prentice P Apr p47
  • Korea joins push for fusion Cartlidge E Aug p9

Ireland

  • Ireland backs new vision Jun p11
  • Ireland invests in the future Jun p15
  • Playing Havok with physics Mac Mathúna D Aug p10
  • Irish unhappiness Henry M Oct p19

Italy

  • Researchers' anger grows Feb p10
  • Chemical leak hits neutrino lab Durrani M Jul p5
  • Gran Sasso plumbs new depths Aug p9
  • Technology institute shocks scientists Biggin S Dec p8

Japan

  • Particle pioneer takes centre stage Cartlidge E Apr p10
  • Directors star in research experiment Ramachandran R Jul p10

Lasers and optics

Lateral thoughts

  • The great language conspiracy Anne E Jan p60
  • Back to school Thompson R Feb p60
  • Moon illusion Ross H Mar p64
  • Confessions of an eclipse consultant Mweene H V Apr p56
  • Chaos seems to be the hardest word Singleton J May p64
  • Amazing octave Pye D Jun p56
  • The electron palace Papacosta P Jul p52
  • Alcohol and physics seemed a good idea McGuigan K Aug p56
  • On paper, we never stood a chance Whalley M Sep p60
  • A particular use of words Butterly P Oct p64
  • A forgotten instrument of physics Lemco I Nov p68

Low-temperature physics

Mathematical and statistical physics

  • Anti-bubbles hint at fragile economy Jan p8
  • Life, death and physics Feb p3
  • Four colours and one zero Rae A Apr p39
  • String theory meets QCD Evans N May p35
  • Thermodynamic fractals Jun p3
  • Does time's arrow point in the wrong direction? Valentini A Jun p24
  • Didier Sornette: Learning from the master of complexity Cartlidge E Jul p8
  • Utopia theory Ball P Oct p29

Medical physics

  • From strength to strength Rodgers P Aug p13
  • The rise and rise of medical imaging Gould P Aug p29
  • Wanted: multi-talented physicists Gould P Aug p30
  • A brief history of positron-emission tomography Aug p31
  • How particles can be therapeutic Chalmers M Aug p32
  • X-rays pinpoint tumour targets Durrani M Aug p34
  • A brief history of CT Aug p35
  • From the laboratory to the patient Gwynne P Aug p36
  • Lighting up medicine with lasers Durrani M Aug p37
  • A brief history of ultrasound Aug p38
  • The mechanical body Chalmers M Aug p39
  • A brief history of MRI Aug p39
  • How to become a life-saver Suchowerska N Aug p47

Metrology

  • Lovely metre, metre made Bennett S Feb p45
  • The height of frequency standards Petit G Jul p20
  • When noise is the signal Pekola J Sep p23
  • Standards lab increases budget Dec p9

Microscopy

  • Super-fast microscope rides high Aug p3
  • Microscopy aids etching Sep p3
  • Focusing on microscopy Cartlidge E Sep p11

Miscellaneous

Nanotechnology

  • Nanotechnology is good for the heart Feb p3
  • DNA as an engineering material Turberfield A Mar p43
  • First light for carbon nanotubes Jun p3
  • Nano threats and challenges Rodgers P Jul p13
  • Dawn of the cantilaser Sidles J A Jul p21
  • Ball-bearings for the 21st century Cartlidge E Dec p11

Nuclear physics

  • Transatlantic tussles in the fission race Seidel R Jan p42
  • Germany backs nuclear physics Cartlidge E Mar p5
  • Hydrogen-7 makes its debut in the lab Apr p3
  • Nuclear alchemy Cartlidge E Jun p8
  • The RHIC gold rush Schaefer T Jun p31
  • Lab cooks up quark soup Dumé B Jul p6
  • Pentaquarks arrive en masse Rodgers P Aug p5
  • Superheavy elements: nuclear physicists confirm discovery of element 110 Aug p5
  • Lasers target the nucleus Rodgers P Sep p5
  • GSI gets credit for new elements Nov p9

Nuclear power

  • Nuclear alchemy Cartlidge E Jun p8
  • Energy experts back nuclear power Jul p43
  • New BNFL boss faces testing time Aug p9
  • Why aquitards could be the answer Dume B Oct p6
  • India to build fast-breeder reactor Oct p7

Nuclear weapons

  • Could neutrinos destroy nukes? Jun p7
  • Bunker busters hit rocky ground Sep p7
  • Giant French laser starts to take shape Dume B Nov p7

Obituaries

  • John Barton 1923-2002 Jan p6
  • Derek Robinson 1941-2002 Jan p8
  • Phil Williams 1939-2003 Jul p7
  • Ilya Prigogine 1917-2003 Nicolis G Jul p12
  • The death of a nuclear legend Bernstein B J Oct p5
  • Thomas Allibone: 1903-2003 Oct p11
  • Neutron pioneer Brockhouse dies Durrani M Nov p11
  • Betty Johnson: 1936-2003 Nov p11

Particle physics

Philosophy of science

  • Popper was right Rae A, Smith F, Slade I Jan p17
  • Islamic debate on science Apr p11
  • The Newton-Beethoven analogy Crease R P Apr p16
  • Losing individuality in a quantum realm Levy-Leblond J M Apr p42

Physics and sport

  • The art of juggling by numbers Zetie K Jun p37

Plasma physics

Publishing

  • Janna Levin: Physics - up front and personal Cartlidge E Feb p11
  • Joao Magueijo: A young cosmologist in a hurry Rodgers P Mar p13
  • Hot physics May p11
  • Martin Rees: astronomer and soothsayer Durrani M May p13
  • Science and Nature share citation honours Jun p11
  • Co-authors are responsible too Trilling G Jun p16
  • Science gets unlikely hero Durrani M Jul p11
  • Surfing the publishing wave Cowhig J Aug p44
  • Do's and don'ts for authors Rodgers P Nov p13

Quantum physics

Research conduct and ethics

  • Co-authors are responsible too Trilling G Jun p16
  • Konstanz clears Schön Durrani M Nov p9
  • Do's and don'ts for authors Rodgers P Nov p13

Science and society

  • A model approach to society Wallace D May p16
  • Deserving better science Crease R P May p19
  • Science gets unlikely hero Durrani M Jul p11
  • Seeing our own world rotate Crease R P Jul p16
  • Hawking's big night out Cartlidge E Aug p6
  • Science and society Rodgers P Oct p13
  • How to get the message across Pearce B Oct p14
  • Cheesy problem challenges pupils Pearce B Oct p15
  • Putting the pop into popular science Pearce B Oct p16
  • The power of good publicity Durrani M Oct p16
  • The press is a foreign country Crease R P Oct p18

Semiconductors and electronics

  • Working with semiconductors Larson L Jun p47

Sociology of Science

  • Deserving better science Crease R P May p19
  • The advantage of togetherness Crease R P Nov p17
  • The best physics humour ever Crease R P Dec p14

South Africa

  • South Africa sets its sights on the stars Pockley P Nov p10

Space science and the solar system

  • Europe embarks on comet adventure Cartlidge E Jan p10
  • India looks to the skies Ramachandran R Jan p11
  • Once and future Mars Bell J Jan p35
  • ESA postpones Rosetta mission Feb p5
  • Sunspots reveal their dark side Priest E Feb p19
  • Where now for manned spaceflight? Mar p12
  • Mars probes go in search of life Chapman T Jun p5
  • Netlanders bite the (Martian) dust Jun p5
  • Comet mission under threat Jun p7
  • Space race fails to take off Sweeting M Jul p40
  • A smart way to the Moon Moore J Aug p7
  • Extraterrestrial plasma crystals Bouchoule A and Boufendi L Aug p19
  • Arctic facility to probe space plasma Sep p7
  • Martian mission will look for water ice Sep p7
  • China set for launch of manned mission Ramachandran R Oct p9
  • Mars to greet new arrivals Redfearn J Dec p7
  • Roof crushes Russian shuttle Dec p7
  • Seeking sustainable spaceflight Maryniak G Dec p17
  • The promise of hypersonic flight Lewis M J Dec p23

Superconductivity

Sweden

  • Uppsala takes over Svedberg lab Jul p7

UK

  • Physics gets a welcome shot in the arm Cartlidge E Jan p7
  • Rock steady microscopy Jan p8
  • Biggest robotic telescope set to shine Feb p6
  • Physicists uncertain over higher fees Durrani M Feb p9
  • UK hands out technology cash Feb p10
  • Life after the White Paper Feb p13
  • Mixed fortunes for Daresbury... Cartlidge E Apr p5
  • Rutherford embarks on ambitious construction project Apr p5
  • UK invests in large facilities Rodgers P May p5
  • Energy research lacks puff May p6
  • Leading light Cartlidge E May p7
  • Scotland builds on its strengths in science May p50
  • Spotlight on dark matter Jun p7
  • Gang of four head west Durrani M Aug p6
  • UK industry given nanotech boost Aug p9
  • Departments set for 6* prize Sep p8
  • Falling numbers cause concern Rodgers P Sep p8
  • O'Nions bags top policy job Dec p9

US

  • US backs neutrinos Jan p6
  • Congress authorizes budget doubling Jan p9
  • Resignations put Los Alamos in limbo Feb p8
  • ITER welcomes America back on board Mar p8
  • Science budget stays flat Mar p8
  • Brookhaven opts for Big Blue executive Mar p9
  • US starts up missile defences Apr p7
  • Run II overcomes obstacles at Fermilab Gwynne P Apr p9
  • Rising water swamps underground plans Gwynne P Jul p5
  • Physicist takes up academic hot seat Gwynne P Jul p6
  • New mission for former NASA boss Aug p11
  • A cosmic approach to research funding Gwynne P Aug p12
  • NASA chastised for safety complacency Gwynne P Oct p8
  • ITER tops US facilities wish list Cartlidge E Dec p5

Women in physics

  • Women urged to aim high Jan p6
  • The Rosalind Franklin question Crease R P Mar p17
  • Women require flexible careers... Graham R Mar p18
  • .....not rigid targets Padman R Mar p18
  • Women break the business barriers Gwynne P May p9
  • Experts ask why girls don't like physics May p51
  • Clio Franklin meets Science Minister Jun p13
  • Institute targets women in physics Kneissl W Jun p41
  • Equity for women in physics Barbosa M Jul p14
  • Astronomy is stellar field for younger women Gwynne P Aug p6
  • Women and work Bishop C Aug p15
  • Jemma targets the world of physics Pearce B Sep p45
  • Mixed fortunes in the US Gwynne P Nov p11