Print edition - index 2004

Acoustics

• Sonic boom for ultrasound imaging May p3
• Sound future for negative refraction Aug p3
• Mini ultrasound device could help improve surgery Sep p3
• Phononic crystals bring sound to a focus Sanchez-Dehesa J Sep p23

Applications

• Short-pulse device is simply wonderful Gwynne P Jan p8
• Oscar winner focuses on lens design Gwynne P Feb p11
• A reading and writing revolution Herdman P Feb p18
• The special effect of physics Singer J K Feb p23
• Engineering in the Olympics Hannam N Feb p45
• The little wave with the big future Addison P Mar p35
• Physics in the driving seat Taylor B Mar p49
• Towards a terahertz telephone Durrani M Apr p5
• Holographic data storage set to shine Cartlidge E Apr p8
• Light taken to the limit Goodman T Apr p22
• Smile for the camera May p3
• Water Cube May p11
• Low-powered LCDs hold their own Cartlidge E Jun p11
• Nanobulbs light up Jul p3
• DVDs in the spotlight Rodgers P Jul p13
• DVDs: in the fast lane Hellmig J Jul p21
• Track cracks tracked by ultrasound Aug p8
• Physicist tracks down ancient temple Aug p13
• Materials display the future Rose M Aug p21
• Superconducting devices Campbell A M Aug p37
• Physics stops forgers in their tracks Dume B Sep p9
• Biological imaging with neutrons Sep p25
• Slow, stopped and stored light Welch G, Scully M Oct p31
• Nanodevices target viruses Nov p3
• DVD disks shine from all angles Nov p3
• There's something in the way you move Stack M Nov p24
• Ink-jet firms join forces to study drops Dec p6

Art and science

• Electric fields: Richard Box Mar p12
• Proteins, art and science Crease R P Aug p18
• Newton's darker side Campos L Sep p53
• Science treads the boards Perkowitz S Nov p16

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

• Radar reveals asteroid force Jan p3
• Sun hits 1000 year high Dume B Jan p8
• Trawling the skies for gravity waves Cartlidge E Jan p10
• Closing in on black holes Fulvio M Jan p20
• Double-pulsar discovery Feb p3
• Trouble as Hubble heads for the dust Gwynne P Feb p5
• Turning in to X-ray echoes Mar p3
• Dark-energy doubts rebuffed Durrani M Mar p5
• Swiss institute could shut Wolschin G Mar p6
• Breaking Lorentz symmetry Bluhm R Mar p41
• Cosmic renaissance comes into view Apr p3
• A planet or not? Apr p3
• Dark sides and golden ages Rodgers P Apr p13
• Ireland bids to join club Moore J May p6
• Hubble successor shifts to the red Cartlidge E May p8
• Astronomers should think globally Cartlidge E May p9
• Dark energy Caldwell R R May p37
• Cosmology sets technology limit Jun p3
• Dark matter still at large Dume B Jun p6
• Gravitational lensing brings extrasolar planets into focus Horne K Jun p19
• Virtual astronomy hits the big time Jul p3
• Dark energy might be seen in the lab Dume B Aug p8
• Pioneer anomaly put to the test Turyshev S, Anderson J, Nieto M M Sep p21
• Galaxies way ahead of their time Baker J Sep p24
• The short life of Jeremiah Horrocks Marston P Sep p50
• Samples salvaged from solar mission Gwynne P Oct p6
• Double delight for exoplanet hunters Hellemans A Oct p7
• Swift prospects for gamma-ray bursts Chapman T Oct p12
• Star formation Bromm V, Bate M Oct p25
• Hunting cosmic explosions Hjorth J, Kouveliotou C , Woosley S Oct p35
• Lucky break for imaging Dec p8
• Jill Tarter: On the hunt for our cosmic cousins Dec p9
• Harry Collins: Drama, tragedy and gravitational waves Cartlidge, E Dec p10

Atomic and molecular physics

• Fermionic first for condensates Góral K, Burnett K Mar p23
• Quantum gases in optical lattices Bloch I Apr p25
• Atoms and light get intimate Steane A May p25
• NIST builds smallest atomic clock Rodgers P, Graydon O Oct p6
• New science at the ultrafast frontier Brabec T Nov p29

Australia

• Hugh funding scheme fails to satisfy Pockley P Jun p8

Awards and prizes

• 2004 Institute of Physics awards Jan p46
• Wolf prize goes to particle theorists Feb p9
• Cosmologist scoops relgion prize Apr p7
• Astro project wins outreach award Jul p7
• String theorists scoop Dirac medal Sep p9
• 2005 Institute of Physics awards Sep p56
• Strong force earns Nobel prize Durrani M Nov p5
• New X-prizes sought Nov p9

Biophysics

• Physicists help to decode the brain Gould P Apr p12
• Smile for the camera May p3
• Sonic boom for ultrasound imaging May p3
• Magnetic imaging moves on Dume B May p5
• Supersonic boom for ultrasound Kaczkowski Peter Jul p19
• Eye surgery sharpens up Chalmers M Aug p23
• Mini ultrasound device could help improve surgery Sep p3
• Nanodevices target viruses Nov p3
• Rhythms found in human DNA Jose M V Nov p26
• The health effects of radiation Crease R Dec p14

Books reviewed

• Chasing gold in mathematical rainbows Jordan S Jan p43
• Fellow travellers with the Nazi regime Chomet S Jan p44
• Brighter than the sun Durrani M Jan p45
• Let's talk about information Wang L Feb p41
• An aristocrat who had inventions Giudice F Feb p42
• Lasers in all their glory Durrani M Feb p42
• Physics in the driving seat Taylor B Mar p49
• Revolving around Léon Foucault Horn J Mar p50
• A rough guide to units Quinn T Mar p51
• Praising Alexandrians to excess Rowan-Robinson M Apr p42
• Travelling breathlessly towards infinity Clegg B Apr p43
• The long lives of great physicists Durrani M Apr p44
• Quantum theory: no problem Duff M May p45
• Warming to the story of climate change Maurellis A May p46
• Why gravity always gets the last word Taylor J C May p47
• Spoon-benders: the secret's out Donnelly S Jun p36
• Ups and downs of the atom-splitters Hughes J Jun p37
• How Cambridge grew mathematically Siegel D Jun p38
• Searching for a theory of society Vicsek T Jul p38
• Debating quantum theory Rauch H Jul p39
• Professor in government Cowley R Jul p40
• Lessons from Three Mile Island McKenna T Aug p41
• Teller: still controversial Herken G Aug p42
• Technological tussles - minus drama Bridgman R Aug p43
• On the road with Roger Penrose Lloyd S Sep p49
• The short life of Jeremiah Horrocks Marston P Sep p50
• Humphry Davy: scientist supreme Thomas J M Sep p52
• The top quark: an unbiased tale Carithers B Oct p40
• Henry Cavendish: an enlightened mind Schaffer S Oct p41
• Marking the scale of Kelvin's success Ruddock I Oct p43
• The mismatch of law and science Corcoran G and Obhi H Nov p45
• The story of El Niño Anderson D Nov p46
• Shelf life: Frank Wilczek Nov p47

Canada

• Canada expands underground lab Gwynne P Jan p9
• Candian physics in good health Gwynne P Apr p6
• Brains, blackboards but no bureaucracy Gwynne P Oct p11

Careers and employment

• Theorist follows in famous footsteps Rodgers P Jan p6
• Oscar winner focuses on lens design Gwynne P Feb p11
• Rich or famous: you choose Kane N Mar p16
• Embrace the ethical dimension Parkinson S Apr p45
• Career opportunities Jun p13
• Once a physicist: Alan Giles Jun p41
• Careers in the Nordic nations Martensson-Pendrill A, Pendrill L Jul p42
• Working in industry in Denmark Jul p43
• Studying for a PhD in Finland Jul p43
• Once a physicist: Ove Poulson Jul p44
• Students take the business test Auckland D Aug p44
• Once a physicist: Andrew Crumey Aug p45
• Particle physics builds potential Camporesi T Sep p54
• Once a physicist: Lindsay Nicholson Sep p55
• Brighter prospects for graduates Roberts G Oct p45
• Once a physicist: Brian Jarman Oct p47
• The risks and rewards of finance Bieber D Nov p48
• City profile: Han Lee Nov p49
• Once a physicist: John Browne Nov p50
• European danger Dec p16
• Try your hand in a foreign land Lola M Dec p50
• Once a physicist: Emyr Jones Parry Dec p52

CERN

• New twist for next linear collider Rodgers P Aug p5
• CERN: 50 and counting Rodgers P Sep p13
• CERN, the US and the W Crease R P Sep p15
• To the LHC and beyond Rodgers P Sep p27
• CERN at 50: the highlights Rodgers P Sep p32
• The LHC detector challenge Virdee T Sep p35
• CERN: the next 50 years Maiani L Sep p42
• CERN looks forward to fixed targets Cartlidge E Nov p13

Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity

• Chaotic spirals may be bad for the heart Feb p22
• How small is your world? Dume B Mar p13
• Earthquakes power up Stauffer D Jun p23

China

• Gravity hunt goes underground Dume B, Cartlidge E May p5
• China charts the particle frontier Cartlidge E Aug p12

Climate change and the environment

• Warming to the story of climate change Maurellis A May p46
• Climate change: complexity in action Hasselmann K, Schellnhuber H J, Edenhofer O Jun p31
• The story of El Niño Anderson D Nov p46

Computation and software

• Models within models Rodgers P Jun p13
• Lattice QCD: more difficult than QED Cartlidge E Nov p12
• IBM system tops supercomputing table Dec p5

Condensed matter

• Magnetism on the move in crystals Jan p3
• New twist for monopoles MacDonald A, Niu Q Jan p18
• Natural photonics Vukusic P Feb p35
• Crystal breaks record for largest surface area Mar p3
• Fermionic first for condensates Góral K, Burnett K Mar p23
• Solid leaves a super signature Goodkind J Mar p24
• Superconducting duo Julian S Mar p25
• Nanomechanics weighs in Lavrik N, Datskos P Apr p19
• Multiferroic materials tower up Spaldin N A Apr p20
• Organic growth in spintronics Ouyang M, Awschalom D D Apr p21
• Quantum gases in optical lattices Bloch I Apr p25
• Bridging the terahertz gap Davies G, Linfield E Apr p37
• Nanofoam makes magnetic debut May p3
• Superfluidity spotted in Fermi gas May p6
• High hopes for high fields Gwynne P May p13
• Quantum change for nanotubes Kong J, Kouwenhoven L, Dekker C Jul p17
• Magical helium clusters McClintock P Jul p19
• Magnets and nanometres: mutual attraction Koltsov D Perry M Jul p31
• Photodiodes go with the flow Aug p3
• Fermi gas goes superfluid Aug p7
• Lake keeps Canadians cool and green Cartlidge E Sep p9
• Surface probe is given a new twist Curson N Sep p22
• Phononic crystals bring sound to a focus Sanchez-Dehesa J Sep p23
• Microscopes focus on single electrons Marohn J Oct p20
• Exploring temperature at the nano-scale Gross D Oct p23
• Law-breaking liquid defies the rules Nov p3
• Carbon makes its mark Rodgers P Nov p15
• Molecular devices and machines Balzani V, Credi A, Venturi M Nov p39
• Superconductors take an odd turn Dec p3
• Hall effect spin-off Dec p3

Denmark

• Denmark opens nanoscience centre Jun p9
• The magnetism of carbon Coey M, Sanvito S Nov p33
• Denmark boosts space research and astronomy Dec p8

Education

• New dimensions in education Rodgers P Jan p13
• That's the way things go Crease R P Jan p14
• Should physics be more elitist? Ellse M Osborne J Jan p27
• My education: Giovanni Bignami Jan p29
• Challenging the next generation Wilson C Jan p30
• My education: Paul Hewitt Jan p31
• Science education for the 21st century Campbell P, Hunt A Jan p32
• Back to the future Rodgers P Jan p33
• Creating better seats of learning Raine D Jan p34
• A PhD is for life Cameron I Jan p36
• My education: Wilson Sibbett Jan p37
• Reforming European education Jones G, Dona dale Rose L Jan p38
• Physics education research: the key to student learning McDermott L C Jan p40
• Class act: my life as a teacher Pennicott K Jan p51
• US institutions dominate world university rankings Dume B Mar p12
• Physics education: elitism and errors Metcalfe J, Warren J, Millar D, Smith R Apr p16
• Physicist turns to Tolkien Gwynne P May p14
• Briefed by cases Gwynne P Jul p7
• Europe unveils ambitious research plans Redfearn J Jul p12
• Meet the million-dollar physicist Durrani M Sep p8
• The three stages of learning Hewitt P Sep p16
• A pupil speaks Merry L Sep p18
• Centres target science teachers Gould P Oct p10

Energy

• Hydrogen economy is decades away Gwynne P Mar p6
• Lake keeps Canadians cool and green Cartlidge E Sep p9
• Once a physicist: John Browne Nov p50

Europe

• Reforming European education Jones G, Dona dale Rose L Jan p38
• Renewed call for neutrons Cartlidge E Nov p6

European Space Agency

• Water found on Mars Feb p6
• Space scientists return to Saturn Cartlidge E Jun p10
• ESA warms to Swarm Durrani M Jul p6
• Pioneer anomaly put to the test Turyshev S, Anderson J, Nieto M M Sep p21
• Europe outlines vision for space Redfearn J Oct p5
• Europe targets red planet Redfearn J Nov p9
• SMART-1 reaches the Moon Dec p7

European Union

• European research expands to the east Redfearn J May p12
• New challenges for the EU Rodgers P May p17
• Challenges for a new Europe Kroo N May p18
• Physicists criticize EU voting system Dume B and Rodgers P Jul p5
• Europe unveils ambitious research plans Redfearn J Jul p12
• Europe dishes out facilities funding Sep p7
• Economist to lead EU science Sep p7
• Bad experiences with EU funding Vigue J Sep p18
• Try your hand in a foreign land Lola M Dec p50

Facilities

• Neutrino plan approved Cartlidge E Feb p7
• Time for big decisions Rodgers P Mar p15
• High hopes for high fields Gwynne P May p13
• Europe plans megaton detector Cartlidge E Jul p5
• Physicists pursue protons Cartlidge E Jul p7
• Nuclear physicists back German project Cartlidge E Sep p10
• Diamond and ISIS get extra beamlines Durrani M Nov p6
• Renewed call for neutrons Cartlidge E Nov p6

Fluid dynamics

• Microfluids change direction Garnier N Jun p22
• Passive-flight simulator Nov p25

France

• Physics under pressure at the CEA Dume B Jan p7
• Petition protest could hit labs Dume B Feb p9
• French researchers strike for science Apr p7
• Grenoble lab looks to spin Apr p10
• French protests pay off May p6
• Europe plans megaton detector Cartlidge E Jul p5
• France pins hope on US-style funding Hellemans A Aug p13

Fusion

• Europe and Japan vie for ITER Cartlidge E Jan p5
• Controlled fusion: the next step Hoang G T, Jacquinot J Jan p21
• Fusion negotiations still in stalemate Feb p7
• Fusion reactor remains on hold May p14
• ...while US re-examines cold fusion May p14
• Decision time for fusion project Dec p5

Geophysics

• Maxwell's equations and earthquakes Uyeda S, Tanaka H Feb p21
• Geomagnetic flip Geissman J Apr p31
• Earthquakes power up Stauffer D Jun p23
• Cosmic rays linked to ice ages Dume B Aug p8
• Geodesy finally sees the light of day Oct p3
• Mantle may hold methane Dume B Oct p5

Germany

• Astronomers need cash to keep up Wolschin G Jan p7
• Max Planck moves into universities Apr p10
• German university funding stalled Aug p8
• Germany builds metrology light source Oct p10

Gravity and general relativity

• Trawling the skies for gravity waves Cartlidge E Jan p10
• Gravity mission blasts off May p6
• Why gravity always gets the last word Taylor J C May p47
• Relativity gets lunar test Rodgers P Jun p9
• Hawking loses wager on black holes Durrani M, Rodgers P Aug p5
• Hawking's victor revealed Gwynne P Sep p6
• Pioneer anomaly put to the test Turyshev S, Anderson J, Nieto M M Sep p21
• Low-budget test vindicates Einstein Dume B Nov p7
• Harry Collins: Drama, tragedy and gravitational waves Cartlidge, E Dec p10

History of physics

• Blasts from the past Marx W and Cardona M Feb p14
• Schrodinger and the double helix Rodgers P Mar p19
• Revolving around Léon Foucault Horn J Mar p50
• Arguing about Einstein's wife Martínez A A Apr p14
• The Oppenheimer tragedy Crease R P Apr p15
• Praising Alexandrians to excess Rowan-Robinson M Apr p42
• Emilie du Châtelet: the genius without a beard Fara P Jun p14
• Ups and downs of the atom-splitters Hughes J Jun p37
• Peter Higgs: the man behind the boson Rodgers P Jul p10
• Professor in government Cowley R Jul p40
• Teller: still controversial Herken G Aug p42
• CERN, the US and the W Crease R P Sep p15
• The spy who never was Lee S Oct p16
• Henry Cavendish: an enlightened mind Schaffer S Oct p41
• Marking the scale of Kelvin's success Ruddock I Oct p43
• The November revolution Crease R P Nov p18

India

• India generates ion beams Ramachandran R May p13

Industry and innovation

• Firm focus for universities Durrani Jan p6
• Protecting the patent system Brown F Feb p17
• LED developer wins $185m Mar p12
• Rich or famous: you choose Kane N Mar p16
• UK has golden opportunity in photonics Redfearn J Jun p5
• Low-powered LCDs hold their own Cartlidge E Jun p11
• The nitty-gritty of spin-off firms Parker G Jun p39
• DVDs: in the fast lane Hellmig J Jul p21
• Technological tussles - minus drama Bridgman R Aug p43
• Students take the business test Auckland D Aug p44
• Blaze's dreams go up in smoke Graydon O Sep p7

Institute of Physics

• 2004 Institute of Physics awards Jan p46
• Engineering in the Olympics Hannam N Feb p45
• Institute appoints strategy and communications director Feb p46
• BNFL and QinetiQ win training award Feb p46

International

• Europe and Japan vie for ITER Cartlidge E Jan p5
• Crunch time for the linear collider Cartlidge E Mar p8
• The technology choice: superconducting versus copper cavities Mar p9
• US institutions dominate world university rankings Dume B Mar p12
• Rebuilding Iraqi science Gwynne P Apr p5
• Festival of physics set for 2005 Gould P Aug p10
• Building bridges across the world Cartlidge E Oct p8
• Harvard heads university rankings Dec p6

Ireland

• Ireland bids to join club Moore J May p6
• Ireland celebrates famous son Durrani M Oct p10

Italy

• Hypermatter pours from Frascati lab Hellemans A Mar p11
• Scientists angered by new curriculum Biggin S Jun p8
• Europe plans megaton detector Cartlidge E Jul p5

Japan

• Gravity hunt goes underground Dume B, Cartlidge E May p5
• Neutrinos make a comeback in Japan Dec p7

Lasers and optics

• New look for the Doppler effect Jan p3
• Short-pulse device is simply wonderful Gwynne P Jan p8
• Tabletop accelerators move closer Gwynne P Feb p9
• Attosecond lasers come of age Hellemans A Feb p10
• Oscar winner focuses on lens design Gwynne P Feb p11
• Light fantastic Rodgers P Feb p13
• The thing about rainbows Crease R P Feb p16
• Detecting the colours of darkness Visser T Feb p20
• The special effect of physics Singer J K Feb p23
• The subtlety of rainbows Hardwick J Feb p29
• Natural photonics Vukusic P Feb p35
• Photonic-crystal lasers light up Faist J Mar p27
• Holographic data storage set to shine Cartlidge E Apr p8
• Tertiary rainbows Prescott J Apr p18
• Light taken to the limit Goodman T Apr p22
• Bridging the terahertz gap Davies G, Linfield E Apr p37
• Beating the diffraction limit Smith D R May p23
• Entanglement beats diffraction limit Jun p3
• Relativity gets lunar test Rodgers P Jun p9
• Tiny apertures with a big future Garcia-Vidal F Jun p20
• DVDs: in the fast lane Hellmig J Jul p21
• Looking inside a laser beam Sep p3
• Blaze's dreams go up in smoke Graydon O Sep p7
• Physics stops forgers in their tracks Dume B Sep p9
• Geodesy finally sees the light of day Oct p3
• Angular uncertainty passes test Dürr S Oct p19
• Slow, stopped and stored light Welch G, Scully M Oct p31
• DVD disks shine from all angles Nov p3
• New science at the ultrafast frontier Brabec T Nov p29

Lateral thoughts

• Visualizing the universe Voice E Jan p60
• Lord Kelvin, science and religion Ruddock I Feb p56
• The joys of parenthood Assender H Mar p60
• The whole of physics ... Whitworth R Apr p52
• Visualizing the universe - part two Voice Eric May p56
• Physics in the movies Holt C Jun p52
• Apples, oranges and eo Grozier J Jul p52
• The Wheatstone file Chomet S Aug p52
• A piece of the action Hone A Sep p64
• Salt and vinegar, Sir? Mills A Oct p60
• How to mention the p-word Fleming J Nov p60

Low-temperature physics

• Supersolid is seen in the lab Feb p3
• Fermionic first for condensates Góral K, Burnett K Mar p23
• Solid leaves a super signature Goodkind J Mar p24
• Quantum gases in optical lattices Bloch I Apr p25

Mathematical and statistical physics

• The little wave with the big future Addison P Mar p35
• Travelling breathlessly towards infinity Clegg B Apr p43
• The greatest equations ever Crease R P May p19
• How Cambridge grew mathematically Siegel D Jun p38
• Physicists criticize EU voting system Dume B and Rodgers P Jul p5
• Searching for a theory of society Vicsek T Jul p38
• Tails of natural hazards Malamud B D Aug p31
• First among equals Rodgers P Oct p13
• The greatest equations ever Crease R P Oct p14
• Exploring temperature at the nano-scale Gross D Oct p23
• Equation myths Nov p20
• Euler explained Nov p20
• Rhythms found in human DNA Jose M V Nov p26

Metrology

• Redefining the kilogram Robinson I May p31
• Germany builds metrology light source Oct p10

Microscopy

• Single spins come into view Aug p7
• Microscope focuses on sub-Angstrom scales Oct p3
• Microscopes focus on single electrons Marohn J Oct p20

Miscellaneous

• Philanthropist sets up seven labs Apr p10
• Entrepreneur boosts basic physics Gwynne P Sep p7
• Fancy a flutter on physics? Sep p7
• Novel device points to radio revolution Sep p9

Nanotechnology

• New money for nanotech research Gwynne P Jan p9
• Nanomechanics weighs in Lavrik N, Datskos P Apr p19
• Nanobulbs light up Jul p3
• Grey-goo fears allayed Jul p7
• Quantum change for nanotubes Kong J, Kouwenhoven L, Dekker C Jul p17
• Magnets and nanometres: mutual attraction Koltsov D Perry M Jul p31
• Nanotechnology: separating fact, fiction, hype and hope Ryan J Aug p16
• The future of nanotechnology Jones R Aug p25
• Small importance Tolfree D; Fisk D Sep p18
• Radioactivity gets up to speed Oct p3
• Different paths to the nano-scale Drexler K E Oct p18
• Nanodevices target viruses Nov p3
• Molecular devices and machines Balzani V, Credi A, Venturi M Nov p39

Nuclear physics

• Two new superheavies seen in Dubna Gwynne P Mar p7
• Bubble fusion: the sequel Dume B Apr p7
• India generates ion beams Ramachandran R May p13
• Superheavy elements Oganessian Y Jul p25
• Is the Earth fuelled by a nuclear reactor? Durrani M Sep p6
• Nuclear physicists back German project Cartlidge E Sep p10
• Radioactivity gets up to speed Oct p3

Nuclear power

• US looks to nuclear power Gwynne P May p6
• Greens upset at relabelling plan Jul p6
• Lessons from Three Mile Island McKenna T Aug p41

Obituaries

• David Schoenberg: 1911--2004 Apr p7
• Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar: 1930--2004 Jun p6
• Thomas Gold: 1920-2004 Aug p13
• David Blow: 1931-2004 Aug p13
• Godfrey Hounsfield: 1920--2004 Sep p9
• Francis Crick, 1916-2004 Cartlidge E Sep p10
• Fred Whipple: 1906-2004 Oct p10
• Eric Voice: 1924-2004 Oct p10
• Maurice Wilkins: 1916-2004 Cartlidge E Nov p8
• Bas Pease: 1922-2004 Durrani M Nov p8

Particle physics

• Muons continue to defy theory Feb p7
• Antimatter in full view Mar p3
• Crunch time for the linear collider Cartlidge E Mar p8
• The technology choice: superconducting versus copper cavities Mar p9
• Hypermatter pours from Frascati lab Hellemans A Mar p11
• Muons: particles of the moment Hertzog D W Mar p29
• Breaking Lorentz symmetry Bluhm R Mar p41
• Charmed pentaquark makes its debut Apr p3
• UK launches accelerator programme Cartlidge E Apr p11
• Dark energy Caldwell R R May p37
• Electron scattering violates parity Jun p3
• Dark matter still at large Dume B Jun p6
• Quarks, diquarks and pentaquarks Jaffe R, Wilczek F Jun p25
• Higgs search gets top heavy Jul p3
• Europe plans megaton detector Cartlidge E Jul p5
• Physicists pursue protons Cartlidge E Jul p7
• Double trouble for beta decay Cartlidge E Jul p8
• Peter Higgs: the man behind the boson Rodgers P Jul p10
• New twist for next linear collider Rodgers P Aug p5
• China charts the particle frontier Cartlidge E Aug p12
• B-mesons probe matter mystery Sep p3
• Collider to use cold technology Cartlidge E Sep p5
• To the LHC and beyond Rodgers P Sep p27
• The LHC detector challenge Virdee T Sep p35
• CERN: the next 50 years Maiani L Sep p42
• Particle physics builds potential Camporesi T Sep p54
• B-factories score direct hit on CP violation Takeshi N Oct p21
• The top quark: an unbiased tale Carithers B Oct p40
• Strong force earns Nobel prize Durrani M Nov p5
• Lattice QCD: more difficult than QED Cartlidge E Nov p12
• CERN looks forward to fixed targets Cartlidge E Nov p13
• The November revolution Crease R P Nov p18
• Neutrinos make a comeback in Japan Dec p7
• Electrical fire brings lab to a halt Dec p7
• Quarks for real Dec p16

Physics and finance

• The risks and rewards of finance Bieber D Nov p48
• City profile: Han Lee Nov p49

Physics and sport

• Engineering in the Olympics Hannam N Feb p45
• Olympians look to physics Curtis D, Carré M Aug p19
• There's something in the way you move Stack M Nov p24

Plasma physics

• Controlled fusion: the next step Hoang G T, Jacquinot J Jan p21
• Lasers feel the Z-pinch Cuneo M E May p27
• Whistler waves Lashmore-Davies C Dec p16

Publishing

• Blasts from the past Marx W and Cardona M Feb p14
• US threats to European journals Jerome D, Raimond JM May p20
• The very long road to reality Durrani M Aug p9
• Meet the million-dollar physicist Durrani M Sep p8
• Scholars take government to court Gwynne P Nov p7
• We want your feedback Peter Rodgers Nov p15
• Shelf life: Frank Wilczek Nov p47

Quantum physics

• New twist for monopoles MacDonald A, Niu Q Jan p18
• Atoms and light get intimate Steane A May p25
• Quantum theory: no problem Duff M May p45
• Entanglement beats diffraction limit Jun p3
• Quarks, diquarks and pentaquarks Jaffe R, Wilczek F Jun p25
• Quantum change for nanotubes Kong J, Kouwenhoven L, Dekker C Jul p17
• Debating quantum theory Rauch H Jul p39
• Hawking loses wager on black holes Durrani M, Rodgers P Aug p5
• Quantum reflection shields ultracold atoms Friedrich H Aug p20
• Brains, blackboards but no bureaucracy Gwynne P Oct p11
• Angular uncertainty passes test Dürr S Oct p19
• Slow, stopped and stored light Welch G, Scully M Oct p31

Research conduct and ethics

• Misconduct errors Campoamor-Stursberg R Jan p15
• Fraudster is stripped of PhD Jul p7

Science and society

• The man with an answer to everything Durrani M May p10
• NASA is victim of disaster film Jun p6
• Dealing with Cassandras Crease R P Jun p16
• Climate change: complexity in action Hasselmann K, Schellnhuber H J, Edenhofer O Jun p31
• Spoon-benders: the secret's out Donnelly S Jun p36
• Festival of physics set for 2005 Gould P Aug p10
• Another annus mirabilis? Rodgers P Aug p15
• Nanotechnology: separating fact, fiction, hype and hope Ryan J Aug p16
• UK says 'no' to light relay Cartlidge E Sep p5
• Meet the million-dollar physicist Durrani M Sep p8
• The mismatch of law and science Corcoran G and Obhi H Nov p45

Sociology of Science

• The paradox of trust in science Crease R P Mar p18
• Critical reflections Crease Robert P Jul p14
• The top quark: an unbiased tale Carithers B Oct p40
• The health effects of radiation Crease R Dec p14

Space science and the solar system

• Voyager goes close to the edge Jokipii R Jan p17
• US targets the Moon and Mars Redfearn J Feb p6
• Water found on Mars Feb p6
• A planet or not? Apr p3
• Hubble successor shifts to the red Cartlidge E May p8
• Tales from the transneptunian sea Marsden B G May p24
• Venus set to grab the limelight Chapman T Jun p7
• Space scientists return to Saturn Cartlidge E Jun p10
• A Messenger for Mercury Moore J Jul p6
• Solar explosions Jul p20
• Meteorites hit the lab Aug p3
• NASA embarks on mammoth shake-up Gwynne P Aug p6
• Satelite navigation gets the go ahead Aug p8
• Europe outlines vision for space Redfearn J Oct p5
• Samples salvaged from solar mission Gwynne P Oct p6
• British scientists plot return to Mars Oct p7
• Europe targets red planet Redfearn J Nov p9
• Rovers display spirit of discovery Head III James W Nov p23
• Geomagnetic storm hits Saturn Dec p3

Superconductivity

• Superconducting duo Julian S Mar p25
• Superconducting devices Campbell A M Aug p37
• Superconductors take an odd turn Dec p3

UK

• Students to get £1000 bursaries Cartlidge E Feb p5
• Earth scientist reaches top policy post Durrani Feb p8
• Revamped research assessment Mar p12
• UK unveils science blueprint Apr p10
• UK launches accelerator programme Cartlidge E Apr p11
• UK has golden opportunity in photonics Redfearn J Jun p5
• UK to upgrade radio-telescope array Jun p8
• Science gets cash boost Cartlidge E Aug p7
• Scottish physicists join forces Aug p8
• British scientists plot return to Mars Oct p7
• Brighter prospects for graduates Roberts G Oct p45
• Diamond and ISIS get extra beamlines Durrani M Nov p6
• New money but no new physics Cartlidge E Nov p10
• EPSRC: Still in the dark about success Nelmes R Dec p16

US

• Theorist follows in famous footsteps Rodgers P Jan p6
• US targets the Moon and Mars Redfearn J Feb p6
• Hubble sees glimmer of hope Mar p5
• US unveils 20 Year scientific plan Mar p6
• Mixed messages for underground lab Mar p6
• Mixed fortunes for physics Gwynne P Mar p13
• US science adviser takes on his critics Gwynne P May p7
• US science policy under attack Gwynne P Jun p5
• FBI targeted Edward Teller Jun p8
• US aerospace scheme needs cash Jun p9
• NASA told to turn to industry Jul p6
• Robot will repair Hubble Jul p6
• NASA embarks on mammoth shake-up Gwynne P Aug p6
• Kerry eyes up science Gwynne P Aug p6
• Weapons lab suffers security failure Aug p7
• Bush has second thoughts over climate Oct p7
• Military targets Jupiter's moons Oct p7
• NASA guilty of upside-down thinking Nov p9
• Santa Fe boss resigns Nov p9
• All change at the top in US science Dec p7

Women in physics

• The joys of parenthood Assender H Mar p60
• Emilie du Châtelet: the genius without a beard Fara P Jun p14