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Print edition - index 2005

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Acoustics

  • Can sound travel at the speed of light? Dec p5
  • Innovation: Sound comes into touch Dec p5
  • Sound ideas Gorishnyy T, Maldovan M, Ullal C and Thomas E Dec p24

American Physical Society

  • APS seeks name change Aug p7

Applications

  • US airports look to terahertz screening Jan p6
  • Fibre lasers set to light up the market Cartlidge E Apr p9
  • Wave energy comes of age Heath T May p31
  • Does your wine pass the nuclear test? Jun p5
  • Quantum cryptography tackles video Jun p6
  • Particle physicists join battle against cancer Cartlidge E Jun p10
  • Upward trend for flat displays Geisow A Jun p37
  • Propane powers fuel cells Jul p7
  • A revolution in lighting Jul p13
  • The solid-state lighting revolution Narendran N Jul p25
  • Physics and the hunt for black gold Monk D Jul p37
  • Data at your fingertips Aug p3
  • Criminals face the forces of physics Gould P Aug p10
  • Innovation: Antennas focus on plasma technology Sep p5
  • Paper fingerprints could combat fraud Sep p8
  • Nanomagnets come together Oct p5
  • Doing work while you walk Oct p5
  • Cylinders provide new focus for water waves Nov p4
  • Terahertz security imaging prepares for take off Nov p5
  • Can physics accelerate biology? Gould P Nov p10
  • Seeing with electrons Nellist P Nov p24
  • Investors eye up urine-powered battery Dec p7
  • Europe positions itself in orbit Dec p10
  • High-flux solar simulator lights up Dec p14

Art and science

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

  • Doubts cast over map of cosmos Jan p5
  • The 1919 eclipse: a celebrity is born Stanley M Jan p25
  • The search for gravitational waves Hough J, Rowan S Jan p37
  • A very special centenary Bluhm R Jan p43
  • Big Bang origin seen in galaxies Feb p5
  • John Barrow: Answering the big questions Rodgers P Feb p12
  • Chemical controversy at the solar surface Bahcall J Feb p26
  • Astronomers find missing baryons Mar p3
  • Nuclear data upset stellar model Austin S Mar p21
  • Gravitational labs in the sky Lyne A, Kramer M Mar p29
  • Have we seen the first 'dark galaxy'? Apr p3
  • Dark-energy probe opens for business Apr p11
  • Gamma-ray bursts in a new light Crease R P Apr p17
  • Cosmic conundrum Gaisser T K Apr p29
  • Extrasolar planet comes into view May p3
  • Universe reveals its dark side Araujo H May p20
  • Exoplanet imaging heats up Cameron A C May p22
  • Swift view of gamma-ray burst Jun p3
  • Stars may expose quantum vacuum Jun p6
  • Neutrinos: ghosts of matter Wark D Jun p29
  • For astronomers, size matters Jul p5
  • Critics question reality of the Big Bang Jul p6
  • Computing the course of cosmic evolution Jul p6
  • Ripples seen in neutrino background Jul p9
  • Milky way may hold thousands of black holes Aug p6
  • Infrared telescope takes to the skies Aug p7
  • Living in a dodecahedral universe Sep p15
  • A cosmic hall of mirrors Luminet J-P Sep p22
  • Explorer of stars and souls: Arthur Stanley Eddington Stanley M Sep p33
  • Web search sparks planetary dispute Gwynne P Oct p7
  • First light for African telescope Cartlidge E Oct p7
  • Astronomers get virtual observatory Oct p9
  • Doing astronomy in Namibia Jeandron M Oct p13
  • Seeing red over white dwarfs Rowan-Robinson M Oct p44
  • Physicists braced for gravity Cartlidge E Nov p9
  • Cosmic-ray observatory to open Nov p9
  • Time: a leap into the dark? Swarup B Nov p14
  • A journey too far Rodgers P Nov p17
  • Looking back at the first stars Dec p5

Atomic and molecular physics

Awards and prizes

  • Quantum cryptography research scoops Descartes prize Jan p5
  • Wolf prize goes to atomic physicist Feb p9
  • Laser pioneer scoops religion prize Apr p7
  • Dirac medal for condensed matter Sep p54
  • Institute of Physics awards 2006 Oct p48
  • Z-pinch pioneers honoured Oct p48
  • Nobel spotlight falls on optics Cartlidge E Nov p6
  • Peace prize for atomic watchdog Nov p8
  • Eight drops and counting... Nov p8

Biophysics

  • New boosts for US neutron therapy Jan p11
  • The basic challenge of biology Grigorieff N, Nogales E Feb p44
  • Proton therapy arrives in Europe May p7
  • Particle physicists join battle against cancer Cartlidge E Jun p10
  • Proton therapy in Europe Kacperek A; Kooy H, Sisterson J, Bortfeld T, DeLaney T, Suit H, Loeffler J Jul p16
  • Shedding light on life Neuman K, Dholakia K Oct p35
  • Heavy ions found to damage DNA Nov p9
  • Can physics accelerate biology? Gould P Nov p10
  • European limits put MRI at risk Gould P Nov p11

Books reviewed

Canada

  • Mixed fortunes for Canada Apr p7
  • Tiny department tops research rankings Gwynne P Oct p10

Careers and employment

  • How to be a patent attorney Mounteney S Jan p58
  • Once a physicist: Wolfgang Heckl Jan p60
  • Teaching options must be broader Taber K Feb p20
  • Postdoc security McKee D Feb p20
  • The basic challenge of biology Grigorieff N, Nogales E Feb p44
  • Once a physicist: Naglaa Walker Feb p46
  • Get to the core of nuclear power Johnston L Mar p52
  • Once a physicist: Javier Solano Mar p53
  • Fit to teach maths Marquis S Apr p20
  • Optics keeps your options open Weir K, Williamson A Apr p50
  • Once a physicist: Mike Baillie Apr p51
  • Engineer fights prejudice May p6
  • How to get a taste for teaching Lacey C, Giles J, Allerston C May p44
  • Once a physicist: John McCracken May p46
  • Frustrations of having to teach beyond physics Hare H, Wilks T Jun p20
  • A degree of choice at Siemens Becker F Jun p45
  • Once a physicist: Martin Read Jun p46
  • Visas brew trouble for US science Lerch I Jul p44
  • Once a physicist: Michael Duffy Jul p46
  • Gravitating towards industry Durrani M Aug p45
  • Once a physicist: Cynthia Dion-Schwarz Aug p46
  • Steve Koonin: A physicist's view of energy supply Cartlidge E Sep p12
  • How to get up close to nanotech Durrani M Sep p52
  • Once a physicist: Alok Jha Sep p54
  • The price of physics Sep p54
  • European dreams turn real Sep p54
  • The rewards of green energy Jeandron M Oct p46
  • Once a physicist:Helen Willetts Oct p47
  • A job with a sparkle Lawson S Nov p46
  • Once a physicist: Sir Brian Bender Nov p48
  • How to become a creative scientist Byron K Dec p54
  • Once a physicist: Brian Mawhinney Dec p56

CERN

  • Collider back on track after tragedy Dec p8

Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity

  • Scientists eye complexity Mar p5
  • Chaos comes under control Escande D May p24
  • Robert Laughlin: Welcome to the age of emergence Durrani M Jul p11
  • Engaging view of emergence Ellis J Jul p41
  • Physics gives art the edge Nov p5
  • Doing physics off the beaten track Helbing D Nov p12

Climate change and the environment

  • Winters start to warm up Mar p3
  • Ice mission awaits lift-off Mar p6

Computation and software

  • Computing the course of cosmic evolution Jul p6
  • Writing software is far from trivial Rutt I Aug p22
  • Getting software right Esward T Sep p20

Condensed matter

  • Physicists solves desert mystery Jan p3
  • Boiling water inside a computer Jan p3
  • Magnetic effects seen in water Jan p6
  • Einstein's random walk Haw M Jan p19
  • Why stalactites are all the same Feb p3
  • Liquid crystals enter pentagonal phase Feb p3
  • How ice 'melts' below its melting point Klug D D Feb p25
  • Electrons navigate disordered media Heine V Feb p27
  • Friction at the nano-scale Krim J Feb p31
  • Alcohol makes a splash Mar p3
  • Electronics goes mechanical Burke P Mar p22
  • Superfluidity in Fermi gases Chevy F, Salomon C Mar p43
  • Single electrons seen in current Apr p8
  • Microscope targets crystallization May p3
  • Making strings in the lab Jun p3
  • The revolution that has not stopped Rodgers P Jun p8
  • Counting electrons one by one Devoret M Jun p24
  • Nickel reveals a new magnetic face Heinrich B Jun p26
  • Imaging electron waves Smith C Jun p27
  • Molecular oxygen under pressure to transform Jul p3
  • Electron spins feel the squeeze Jul p3
  • Robert Laughlin: Welcome to the age of emergence Durrani M Jul p11
  • Neutrons detect order in glass Binder K Jul p23
  • Engaging view of emergence Ellis J Jul p41
  • Watching solids melt Aug p3
  • Simulations reveal metallic superfluid Nov p4
  • Sounding out the Hall effect Nov p5
  • Seeing with electrons Nellist P Nov p24
  • A Hall of spin Sih V, Kato Y, Awschalom D Nov p33
  • A job with a sparkle Lawson S Nov p46
  • Electrons lose their mass Dec p4
  • Foam result surprises scientists Dec p4
  • Sound ideas Gorishnyy T, Maldovan M, Ullal C and Thomas E Dec p24
  • Sand, jams and jets Jaeger H Dec p34

Education

  • Over their heads Flook V May p18
  • How to get a taste for teaching Lacey C, Giles J, Allerston C May p44
  • Lessons from graduate school Crease R P Jul p15
  • Maths frustrations Percy N Jul p17
  • The challenges for Africa Cartlidge E Oct p12
  • Superheroes test laws of physics Gwynne P Nov p8
  • Putting children off physics Glynn I Nov p18
  • Making students think Sands D Nov p21

Energy

  • Cold fusion gets luke-warm backing Jan p8
  • Wanted: physicists to work on green energy Cartlidge E Feb p8
  • Nuclear power's expensive legacy Cartlidge E Mar p10
  • On the trail of deep-sea gas sources May p10
  • Wave energy comes of age Heath T May p31
  • Carbon rationing Pye D Jun p21
  • Propane powers fuel cells Jul p7
  • Physics and the hunt for black gold Monk D Jul p37
  • Energy: Something for everyone in the US Sep p9
  • Steve Koonin: A physicist's view of energy supply Cartlidge E Sep p12
  • Hydrogen results cause controversy Sep p13
  • The rewards of green energy Jeandron M Oct p46
  • Against hydrinos Connett J E, Zimmerman P D Nov p21

Europe

  • Engineer fights prejudice May p6
  • European dream nears reality Aug p7
  • Europe plans laser-fusion facility Sep p7

European Space Agency

  • ESA hails Titanic success Feb p6
  • Europe launches express mission to planet hell Moore J Oct p11
  • Icy grave for polar mission Moore J Nov p8
  • A journey too far Rodgers P Nov p17
  • Europe positions itself in orbit Dec p10

European Union

  • Quantum cryptography research scoops Descartes prize Jan p5
  • Europe plans to double research May p5
  • Science and the EU Jul p13
  • European dream nears reality Aug p7
  • European dreams turn real Sep p54

Facilities

  • Neutrino factory takes key step Apr p5
  • Synchrotrons scale down Apr p5
  • Europe plans laser-fusion facility Sep p7
  • German lab focuses on free-electron lasers Sep p8
  • X-ray lab clears first hurdle Oct p10
  • Free-electron lasers shine on Galayda J Nov p38

Fluid dynamics

  • Bubble fusion in the spotlight Apr p26

France

  • France funds exotic nuclei Jul p7

Fusion

  • Cold fusion gets luke-warm backing Jan p8
  • ITER negotiations still in deadlock Apr p8
  • Fusion seen on table top May p5
  • ITER looks bound for France Jun p5
  • Europe wins fusion prize Jul p5
  • ITER scientists chart way ahead Durrani M Aug p5
  • Giant lasers target weapons stockpile Cartlidge E Aug p8
  • Europe plans laser-fusion facility Sep p7
  • The future of nuclear power Skea J Sep p47
  • Diplomat to head ITER project Dec p14

Geophysics

  • Calls grow for global tsunami detectors Gould P Feb p7
  • Neutrinos open window on Earth's core Sep p5

Germany

  • Scientists eye complexity Mar p5
  • German lab focuses on free-electron lasers Sep p8
  • Physicist to lead Germany Durrani M Nov p7

Gravity and general relativity

  • The 1919 eclipse: a celebrity is born Stanley M Jan p25
  • Relativity at the centenary Will C M Jan p27
  • The search for gravitational waves Hough J, Rowan S Jan p37
  • Gravitational labs in the sky Lyne A, Kramer M Mar p29
  • Gravity in the balance Apr p15
  • Testing the gravitational inverse-square law Adelberger E, Heckel B, Hoyle C D Apr p41
  • Test proposed for extra dimensions May p10
  • Shadowed by a sociologist Blair D Jun p41
  • Whitehead theory Coleman J Jul p16
  • The gravity of hadrons Evans N Aug p26
  • Gravitating towards industry Durrani M Aug p45
  • A cosmic hall of mirrors Luminet J-P Sep p22
  • The greatest equation Goldsack S J; Petrushev B; Atkin K Oct p20
  • Mass, energy and the meaning of relativity Okun L; Derham D Oct p20
  • Physicists braced for gravity Cartlidge E Nov p9
  • General relativity Crease R P Dec p16
  • Does God play dice? ’t Hooft G, Witten E, Dowker F and Davies P Dec p21

History of physics

Industry and innovation

  • Playing seriously with strategy Grey F, Roos J Feb p18
  • Engineering at the forefront of society Williams P Mar p50
  • Synchrotrons scale down Apr p5
  • Memory gets flexible Apr p8
  • Wires approach a new era Jun p12
  • Upward trend for flat displays Geisow A Jun p37
  • Physics and the hunt for black gold Monk D Jul p37
  • New 'Son of Concorde' promised Aug p7
  • First for LCDs Geisow A Aug p22
  • The pull of industry Main R P Sep p20
  • The road to miniaturization Wong H, Iwai H Sep p40
  • Innovation for all nations Lerch I A Oct p16

Institute of Physics

  • Einstein calling Feb p15
  • Institute of Physics appoints new boss Mar p7
  • Institute of Physics awards 2006 Oct p48
  • Change at Physics World Dec p14
  • New fellows at the Institute of Physics Dec p56

International

  • Oxbridge tops scientific table Jan p6
  • Calls grow for global tsunami detectors Gould P Feb p7
  • Europe wins fusion prize Jul p5
  • Einstein, Egypt and former glories Witten E Jul p17
  • Visas brew trouble for US science Lerch I Jul p44
  • ITER scientists chart way ahead Durrani M Aug p5
  • Weapons around the world Wolfsthal J Aug p18
  • Chernobyl led to just 50 deaths Durrani M Oct p9
  • The challenges for Africa Cartlidge E Oct p12
  • Global challenges Rodgers P Oct p15
  • Innovation for all nations Lerch I A Oct p16
  • A global role for physics Sreenivasan K Oct p38
  • Time: a leap into the dark? Swarup B Nov p14
  • Physicists lay plan for developing world Dec p11

Internet

  • Google adds scholarly search engine Jan p6

Ireland

Italy

  • Working in the shadow of Galileo Cartlidge E Oct p10

Lasers and optics

  • Strange ways of light and atoms Clark C W Jan p44
  • Intel builds silicon laser Feb p6
  • Blue LED inventor ends legal battle Feb p11
  • New look for classic experiment Mar p5
  • Mechanical structures feel the chill Lavrik N, Datskos P Mar p25
  • Total reflection doubles up Apr p3
  • Photonic crystal plays new tricks with light Apr p3
  • Fibre lasers set to light up the market Cartlidge E Apr p9
  • Optics on a roll Apr p15
  • Silicon chips light up Pavesi L Apr p25
  • Young's slits revisited Sambles R Apr p27
  • Optics keeps your options open Weir K, Williamson A Apr p50
  • Superlens breakthrough May p6
  • Optical clocks Gill P, Margolis H May p35
  • Upward trend for flat displays Geisow A Jun p37
  • A revolution in lighting Jul p13
  • The solid-state lighting revolution Narendran N Jul p25
  • Data at your fingertips Aug p3
  • Giant lasers target weapons stockpile Cartlidge E Aug p8
  • First for LCDs Geisow A Aug p22
  • Superlens breaks optical barrier Smith D Aug p23
  • Europe plans laser-fusion facility Sep p7
  • Paper fingerprints could combat fraud Sep p8
  • First for LEDs Allen J Sep p20
  • Terahertz security imaging prepares for take off Nov p5
  • Nobel spotlight falls on optics Cartlidge E Nov p6
  • Particle accelerators light up Katsouleas T, Muggli P Nov p30
  • Innovation: Water sees the light Dec p5
  • Slow light brings faster communications Gauthier D Dec p30

Lateral thoughts

  • An evening with the Einsteins Prichard R Jan p72
  • Speaking with tongues Pykett C Feb p56
  • Alternative views of energy Klimek M Mar p68
  • Story of a textbook Duffin B Apr p60
  • Let the inner Einstein out Czerski H May p56
  • The problem with numbers Taylor I Jun p60
  • A radical approach to Kyoto Calverd A Jul p56
  • Why words matter Ralph B Aug p52
  • The greatest equation in physics Singh S Sep p64
  • Black holes and the German Reichstag Hanauske M Oct p64
  • Reflections of a grumpy old physicist Atkin K Nov p56

Low-temperature physics

  • Tiny refrigerator hits the big time Jun p3
  • Fermi gas goes superfluid Jul p3

Mathematical and statistical physics

  • Paper resurfaces from lost physicist Aug p9
  • The gravity of hadrons Evans N Aug p26
  • Anomalous diffusion spreads its wings Klafter J , Sokolov I M Aug p29

Medical physics

  • Heavy ions found to damage DNA Nov p9

Metrology

  • Optical clocks Gill P, Margolis H May p35
  • Metrology at the nano scale Sheridan B, Cumpson P, Bailey M Aug p37
  • Nobel spotlight falls on optics Cartlidge E Nov p6
  • Time: a leap into the dark? Swarup B Nov p14

Microscopy

  • Microscopic 'pen' rewrites the rules Jan p3
  • The ups and downs of doping superconductors Sep p4
  • Seeing with electrons Nellist P Nov p24

Miscellaneous

  • Einstein and his love of music Foster B Jan p34
  • A physicist whose mind thawed Crease R P Mar p15
  • Learning physics in a taxicab Robbins J Mar p18
  • Einstein and God Grujic P Apr p21
  • Ohm still standing Constable A May p18
  • The appeal of Rube Goldberg Crease R P Jun p19
  • Boffin search Blundell B Jun p20
  • Data and datoids Castell S Jun p21
  • Blooming Einstein Danson R Aug p22
  • What is an active column? Sep p15
  • Subtle are Einstein's thoughts Batten A H Sep p16
  • Cows and climate Bowler N Sep p20
  • Physics identifies musical tastes Oct p4
  • Words and meaning Syson T; Whitworth R Oct p21
  • Quiz of the year 2005 Dec p64

Nanotechnology

  • Metrology at the nano scale Sheridan B, Cumpson P, Bailey M Aug p37
  • How to get up close to nanotech Durrani M Sep p52
  • Nanomagnets come together Oct p5
  • A giant leap for nanodroplets Oct p10
  • Nanotechnology bridges the commercial divide Cartlidge E Nov p13
  • US museums to promote nanotechnology Gwynne P Nov p13
  • Buckyball pioneer dies Dec p8

Netherlands

  • Netherlands opens up nanophotonics May p10

Nuclear physics

  • How nuclear data upset stellar-evolution models Feb p3
  • Nuclear data upset stellar model Austin S Mar p21
  • Nickel nuclei strike gold May p3
  • Quark-gluon plasma turns liquid May p6
  • Liquid universe hints at strings Son D Jun p23
  • France funds exotic nuclei Jul p7

Nuclear power

  • Get to the core of nuclear power Johnston L Mar p52
  • Terrorists could target spent-fuel pools May p6
  • Manchester to host nuclear institute Aug p7
  • US to restart plutonium production Aug p9
  • The future of nuclear power Skea J Sep p47
  • Chernobyl led to just 50 deaths Durrani M Oct p9
  • Nuclear company set to be sold Nov p9

Nuclear weapons

  • Germany 'developed atom bomb',claims new book Apr p7
  • New light on Hitler's bomb Karlsch R, Walker M Jun p15
  • An opera for Oppenheimer Aug p6
  • Commemorating 60 years of the bomb Aug p6
  • Giant lasers target weapons stockpile Cartlidge E Aug p8
  • Beyond nuclear weapons Aug p13
  • Judging the bomb builders Crease R P Aug p15
  • Complex future for US weapons Levi M Aug p17
  • Weapons around the world Wolfsthal J Aug p18
  • Long live Trident? Chalmers M Aug p20
  • Fissile point Butcher A Aug p22
  • New twists on Germany's bomb Lustig H Aug p41
  • New cash for UK weapons centre Sep p9
  • Sir Joseph Rotblat 1908-2005 Finney J Oct p8
  • A life without bombs Steinberger J Oct p21
  • Oppenheimer on stage Holloway D Nov p41
  • No longer a last resort? Hirsch J Dec p19

Obituaries

  • John Ziman 1925-2005 Mar p7
  • Allan Bromley 1926-2005 Mar p9
  • Hans Bethe 1906-2005 Bernstein J Apr p12
  • Philip Morrison 1915-2005: Anti-bomb campaigner dies Jun p7
  • Jack Kilby 1923-2005: Inventor of the microchip dies Jul p10
  • John Bahcall 1934-2005: Solar-neutrino pioneer dies Sep p9
  • Sir Joseph Rotblat 1908-2005 Finney J Oct p8
  • Hermann Bondi 1919-2005: Final steady-state pioneer dies Durrani M Oct p9
  • John Bahcall 1934-2005 Pinsonneault M Oct p14
  • Buckyball pioneer dies Dec p8

Optics

  • Optics on a roll Apr p15
  • Upward trend for flat displays Geisow A Jun p37
  • First for LCDs Geisow A Aug p22

Particle physics

Philosophy of science

  • General relativity Crease R P Dec p16

Physics and finance

Physics and sport

  • In oar out? Howe D May p18
  • Staggered strokes Chapman J Jul p17
  • A turn on the rudder Anderson R Sep p20

Plasma physics

  • Europe wins fusion prize Jul p5
  • ITER scientists chart way ahead Durrani M Aug p5
  • Hydrogen results cause controversy Sep p13

Publishing

  • Google adds scholarly search engine Jan p6
  • John Barrow: Answering the big questions Rodgers P Feb p12
  • Top 10 journals welcome new entries Feb p13
  • Lisa Randall: A life with extra dimensions Durrani M May p11
  • Be alert to the latest work Jun p12
  • Beauty of LaTeX Penney R Jun p20
  • Field effects Basa D Jul p17
  • How high is your h-index? Sep p7
  • What will they think in 2105? Rodgers P Dec p12

Quantum physics

  • The power of entanglement Weinfurter H Jan p47
  • Quantum cryptography takes to the air Feb p10
  • New look for classic experiment Mar p5
  • Probing the limits of the quantum world Arndt M, Hornberger K, Zeilinger A Mar p35
  • Superfluidity in Fermi gases Chevy F, Salomon C Mar p43
  • Optical clocks Gill P, Margolis H May p35
  • Quantum cryptography tackles video Jun p6
  • Stars may expose quantum vacuum Jun p6
  • The revolution that has not stopped Rodgers P Jun p8
  • Ten of the best for BEC Jun p13
  • Fermi gas goes superfluid Jul p3
  • Single spin readout in quantum dots Wolf S, Curcic T Jul p21
  • Tony Leggett: The quantum philosopher Cartlidge E Aug p12
  • Return of the anyon Oct p5
  • Probing the antiworld Charlton M, Hangst J Oct p22
  • Antiprotonic helium Eades J Oct p29
  • Nobel spotlight falls on optics Cartlidge E Nov p6
  • A Hall of spin Sih V, Kato Y, Awschalom D Nov p33
  • Electrons lose their mass Dec p4
  • Does God play dice? ’t Hooft G, Witten E, Dowker F and Davies P Dec p21

Research conduct and ethics

Science and society

  • Looking after the image of a legend Gwynne P Jan p35
  • Einstein celebrations get off to a flyer Feb p5
  • Goals for the year of physics Feb p15
  • Michio Kaku: Meet the master of the soundbite Durrani M Mar p8
  • Tales for taxi-drivers Eggen H, Ridley B Mar p16
  • Do names matter? Rodgers P Oct p15
  • Intelligent Design Crease R P Oct p19
  • US museums to promote nanotechnology Gwynne P Nov p13
  • Global events pull in the crowds Dec p13

Semiconductors and electronics

  • Devices that make life modern Riordan M Mar p49
  • Silicon chips light up Pavesi L Apr p25
  • Jack Kilby 1923-2005: Inventor of the microchip dies Jul p10
  • Innovation: Antennas focus on plasma technology Sep p5
  • The road to miniaturization Wong H, Iwai H Sep p40

Sociology of Science

  • Looking after the image of a legend Gwynne P Jan p35
  • The king is dead. Long live the king! Crease R P Jan p55
  • Shadowed by a sociologist Blair D Jun p41
  • Critics question reality of the Big Bang Jul p6
  • Anosognosia Crease R P Sep p19

Space science and the solar system

  • ESA hails Titanic success Feb p6
  • Telescope finds a home in Hawaii Feb p11
  • Chemical controversy at the solar surface Bahcall J Feb p26
  • Satellite sets sail for Sun Mar p7
  • Lessons from Beagle Mar p13
  • Saturn reveals its secrets Coates A Apr p23
  • Space successes for UK universities Culhane J L May p18
  • Tempel 1 returns to normal Aug p11
  • Kinetic waves point to reconnection Sep p4
  • Disputed planet ignites debate Swarup B Sep p10
  • Web search sparks planetary dispute Gwynne P Oct p7
  • Europe launches express mission to planet hell Moore J Oct p11
  • Secret lives of the solar system Collier Cameron A Oct p42
  • Icy grave for polar mission Moore J Nov p8
  • A journey too far Rodgers P Nov p17

Superconductivity

  • Superconductor responds to nano-scale change Van Bael M J, Temst, K Feb p24
  • Superconductors: the mystery goes on Keimer B Apr p48
  • Wires approach a new era Jun p12
  • High-temperature uncertainty Timusk T Jul p31
  • Theorists succumb to Tao Tao R Aug p24
  • The ups and downs of doping superconductors Sep p4
  • Carbon copies are superconductors Oct p4

UK

  • Scottish physicists form a superteam . . . Jan p9
  • . . . while Newcastle axes pure physics Jan p9
  • UK physics back in the spotlight Feb p9
  • Partnerships prove profitable Mar p7
  • New chief for UK research council Mar p9
  • More cash, but little extra science Apr p6
  • Michael Duff: Imperial old boy returns in new role Rodgers P Apr p10
  • Martin Rees to head Royal Society May p10
  • Lean times ahead for new research boss Cartlidge E Jul p8
  • Manchester to host nuclear institute Aug p7
  • Criminals face the forces of physics Gould P Aug p10
  • Long live Trident? Chalmers M Aug p20
  • New cash for UK weapons centre Sep p9
  • Nuclear company set to be sold Nov p9
  • Fire guts leading photonics centre Dec p7
  • Martin Rees: Master of the universe Dec p8

US

  • NASA seeks new boss. . . Jan p8
  • . . . and urged to send shuttle to Hubble Jan p8
  • Caltech astronomers given new home Jan p8
  • Congress destroys budget goal Jan p8
  • Los Alamos looks to uncertain future Gwynne P Jan p10
  • Missile defence suffers new setback Feb p9
  • Physicists face hard times Mar p6
  • Physicist chosen to head NASA Apr p7
  • New NASA boss faces discontent May p9
  • Los Alamos chief resigns Jun p7
  • SLAC switches its attention to X-rays Jul p10
  • Visas brew trouble for US science Lerch I Jul p44
  • Complex future for US weapons Levi M Aug p17
  • Energy: Something for everyone in the US Sep p9
  • Mines battle for underground lab Sep p9
  • Plans for Moon landings unveiled Oct p9
  • Scientists respond to storm damage Oct p9
  • X-ray lab clears first hurdle Oct p10
  • American students flock to physics Oct p10
  • Budget cuts hit nuclear and space science Dec p14
  • Nobel laureate sent to prison Dec p14

Women in physics

  • 'Leaky pipeline' only exists after school Apr p6