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Print edition - index 2007

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Acoustics

  • Can novel guitar strike right note? Jan p7
  • Physicists SCORE for the developing world Jul p5

Applications

  • Light squeezes through nanocable Feb p5
  • Microfluidics goes for gold on the slopes Mar p5
  • Geomagnetic sensors prepare for take-off May p5
  • Lasers spot anthrax Jun p8
  • The secret to crack-free paint Jul p5
  • Driving the hydrogen economy Eikerling M, Kornyshev A, Kucernak A Jul p32
  • Energy storage takes off Swarup B Jul p42
  • Particle physics fires up Nov p5
  • Archimedes brought to light Bergmann U Nov p39

Art and science

  • Weaving a tangled web Schwartz B Mar p48
  • Incredible physics Dolan B May p21
  • A new bridge between art and science Aug p3
  • A massive challenge Aug p3
  • Relaying the sounds of the cosmos Sep p11
  • Rock music Oct p3

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

  • Dark energy dates back longer than thought Jan p4
  • Europe unveils new telescope plan Jan p7
  • NASA outlines plans for lunar base Jan p12
  • Cosmic structure has dark origins Feb p4
  • New boss for European astronomers Feb p8
  • Internet giant backs telescope project Feb p8
  • Bright future for mammoth observatory Clery D Feb p9
  • Shot in the dark Clowe D, Zaritsky D Feb p26
  • New views on the gamma-ray universe Mar p14
  • Closing in on the gamma-ray sky Hoffman W and Hinton J Mar p30
  • Antimatter probe under threat Apr p8
  • A new VISTA of the universe May p7
  • Astronomers benefit from medical software May p14
  • The other 96% May p41
  • COROT could see other Earths Jun p9
  • Life, the universe and everything Rowan-Robinson M Jun p45
  • A green life on the red planet Jul p3
  • Eclipses could clarify axion mystery Jul p4
  • Public cash will fund Galileo satellites Jul p6
  • Neutrino detector finally starts up Jul p11
  • Getting away from it all Aug p3
  • Water found on distant planet Aug p4
  • Astroparticle physicists draw up wish list Aug p7
  • Testing the elements of the Big Bang Nollett K Aug p20
  • Staring at the Sun Luhmann J Aug p38
  • NASA selects concepts for lunar missions Sep p7
  • Relaying the sounds of the cosmos Sep p11
  • Star formation sheds light on dark matter Oct p5
  • US prioritizes dark-energy probe Oct p8
  • Astronomical insights Oct p47
  • Astronomers seek to save observatory Nov p8
  • US teenagers join the hunt for pulsars Nov p10
  • Giant telescope looks to Chile Nov p10
  • The case of the late gamma rays Dorminey B Nov p12
  • Cassini — still flying high Nov p13
  • Exploring the multiverse Ferreira P Nov p46
  • Cosmic rays traced to black holes Dec p4
  • UK plans to withdraw from Gemini telescopes Dec p8
  • Journal to support astronomy outreach Dec p9
  • Dark passions Dec p15
  • A dark future for cosmology Krauss L M Dec p16
  • Dark Energy Crease R P Dec p19
  • Dark energy: the decade ahead Linder E and Perlmutter S Dec p24
  • The land before time Gregory R Dec p39

Atomic and molecular physics

  • The muddle in the middle Jones R Feb p40
  • Stored light jumps from here to there Mar p4
  • Atomic fingerprinting Apr p5
  • Fermi gases go with the superfluid flow Ketterle W and Shin Yong-il Jun p39
  • Atoms store images for record time Sep p4
  • Hotter condensates Balili R and Snoke D Sep p31
  • Getting the measure of atom interferometry Dos Santos F P and Landragin A Nov p32
  • Sensors on the brain Dec p5

Australia

  • Australia opens X-ray and nuclear lab May p9
  • Faults close new research reactor Sep p8

Awards and prizes

  • Nobel acclaim for hard-disk physics Cartlidge E Nov p7
  • Chemistry Nobel for former physicist Nov p10
  • Nobel success Nov p17
  • Nationalities and Nobel prizes Chandrasekhar B S Nov p23

Biophysics

Books reviewed

  • All shook up Robinson A Jan p38
  • Read all about it Jan p39
  • Immortal questions Jan p39
  • Slimy science Jan p39
  • Secret history Barbosa M Jan p40
  • Countdown to success Feb p41
  • Newton in brief Feb p41
  • Talking science Feb p41
  • Then there were eight Sykes MV Mar p46
  • Cosmic essays Mar p47
  • Repeeling the onion Mar p47
  • A tale of two Germans Crumey A Apr p40
  • Tricky physics Apr p41
  • Gazing into the crystal ball Apr p41
  • Rebellious thoughts Anderson P Apr p42
  • Case not proven Ellis G May p40
  • Robots 1 Humans 0? May p41
  • The other 96% May p41
  • Clouding the issue of climate Schmidt G Jun p44
  • Life, the universe and everything Rowan-Robinson M Jun p45
  • Laika and friends Jun p47
  • Linking to the grid Jun p47
  • Going loopy over consciousness Deutsch D Jul p46
  • Home truths Jul p49
  • Puzzling maths Jul p49
  • Getting the message across Jul p49
  • Science and the superweapon Robinson A Jul
  • Poincaré, Perelman and proof Hitchin N Aug p36
  • Staring at the Sun Luhmann J Aug p38
  • Elephants in the room Aug p39
  • Ingenious inventions Aug p39
  • Blinded by numbers Aug p39
  • Reflecting symmetry Hill C T Sep p48
  • Galileo as antichrist Sep p49
  • Blue is the colour Sep p49
  • Well versed Sep p49
  • Battling over gravitational waves Rowan S Sep p50
  • Let there be light Humphreys C Oct p44
  • An element of fear Harris J Oct p46
  • Astronomical insights Oct p47
  • A whistle-stop tour Oct p47
  • Infinitely comprehensible Oct p47
  • A devil's bargain Howard D Nov p44
  • The measure of all things Nov p45
  • Little and large Nov p45
  • Why we have maths Nov p45
  • A very special theory Nov p45
  • Exploring the multiverse Ferreira P Nov p46
  • The land before time Gregory R Dec p39
  • Physics books crossword Dec p40
  • Adventure with the Hawkings Dec p46
  • Live hamsters need not apply Dec p46
  • Anyone for doughnuts? Dec p46
  • A numbers game Dec p46
  • Physicists on the couch Dec p46
  • All you never wanted to know Dec p47
  • The meaning of mathematics Dec p47
  • The heat is on Dec p47

Canada

  • Budget boost for research May p14
  • Theory institute seeks new leader Jul p7

Careers and employment

CERN

  • Large Hadron Collider will open this year Ellis J Mar p23
  • Going underground Apr p7
  • Magnet failure could delay the LHC May p7
  • LHC to skip low-energy test runs Jul p7
  • CERN boss quashes delay rumours Nov p8

China

  • Chinese satellite reaches the Moon Dec p11

Climate change and the environment

  • Scientists unite to study snow, sea and skies Gould P Jan p8
  • Way-out solutions to climate change Schirber, M Feb p10
  • A climate of alarm Cartlidge E Feb p12
  • Hot topic Feb p15
  • A model approach to climate change Scaife A, Folland C, Mitchell J Feb p20
  • Living in the greenhouse Gilmour J Feb p52
  • Warm welcome for climate report Mar p9
  • Cleaning up the power industry Booth V Mar p49
  • Striking a balance on climate change Williams P, Catterall A, Buckmaster H, Austin J C, Pykett C Apr p20
  • Fungal climate physics Beck R Jun p19
  • Clouding the issue of climate Schmidt G Jun p44
  • Manhattan versus Kyoto Yang, C-J Jul p16
  • Seeking new views of the Earth Oct p10
  • Physicist takes the helm at top oceanographic institute Dec p10
  • Where is the centre of the Earth? Argus D Dec p35
  • The heat is on Dec p47

Computation and software

  • Bubble logic pops up Mar p4
  • Fortran faces the future at 50 Crouch P, Page C and Pelan J Dec p31

Condensed matter

  • Magnetic memory in action Jan p5
  • Saving lives in crowds Mar p5
  • Electronics with carbon nanotubes Avouris P Mar p40
  • Focusing on graphene Apr p4
  • The quantum solid that defies expectation Chalmers M May p22
  • A new face for diamond Jun p5
  • Cracking a material problem Spatschek R and Brener E Jun p32
  • Condensed-matter swarm Aug p5
  • Spin injection Aug p19
  • Quantum ballistics Sokolov A Aug p27
  • Amazing mixtures Sep p5
  • Hotter condensates Balili R and Snoke D Sep p31
  • IBM tackles single-atom storage Oct p4
  • Colossal phononic resistance rings true Oct p4
  • Nobel acclaim for hard-disk physics Cartlidge E Nov p7
  • Blog life: Soft Machines Nov p47
  • Sand could shed light on quark–gluon plasma Dec p4

Education

  • New formula for science education Cartlidge E Jan p10
  • Exam standards Mansfield L Jan p16
  • Dropping standards Goodman F Mar p23
  • Teacher training goes online Apr p11
  • How low can you go? Aboites V Apr p22
  • Making the switch to teaching Trafford T D Apr p45
  • Turning physicists into quantum mechanics Kaiser D May p28
  • GCSE science comes under attack Sep p7
  • US teenagers join the hunt for pulsars Nov p10
  • Non-physicists to get cash to teach physics Nov p11
  • Citizen Science Crease R P Nov p21
  • Education is simply common sense Verity D, Cooke M Nov p22
  • Best universities revealed Dec p11

Energy

  • US should tap power in Earth's crust Mar p8
  • Europe agrees green energy plans Apr p8
  • Counting the femtokelvins Wright O May p56
  • Champion of the supergrid Clery D Jul p10
  • Energy solutions Jul p15
  • Bright outlook for solar cells Cartlidge E Jul p20
  • A new dawn for nuclear power Norman P, Worrall A, Hesketh K Jul p25
  • Driving the hydrogen economy Eikerling M, Kornyshev A, Kucernak A Jul p32
  • Clean coal Fan L-S, Li F Jul p37
  • Energy storage takes off Swarup B Jul p42
  • Can an LED really be green? Pykett, C Jul p60
  • Harsh light shines on free energy Aug p9
  • Energy concerns Sep p22
  • Going on standby Sep p23
  • Midlands to host UK energy centre Oct p9
  • Researchers still seek silent turbine Nov p13
  • Information on standby Huddleston J Nov p23
  • The pitfalls of energy efficiency Nov p60
  • IAEA sees bright future for nuclear power Dec p10

Europe

  • Europe unveils new telescope plan Jan p7
  • New boss for European astronomers Feb p8
  • Neutron lab comes back from the dead Cartlidge E Jun p10
  • Europe sets its sights on Mars Jul p11
  • Astroparticle physicists draw up wish list Aug p7

European Space Agency

European Union

  • Seven-year plan under way Jan p12
  • Europe agrees green energy plans Apr p8
  • How to become a European champion Griffiths M May p45
  • Public cash will fund Galileo satellites Jul p6
  • European funding Mochan A Jul p19
  • MRI in Europe gets a reprieve Dec p9

Facilities

  • Thumbs up for slimmed down nuclear facility Jan p12
  • Soleil lab sees the light of day Feb p8
  • A fusion of ideas to get more neutrons Apr p13
  • Australia opens X-ray and nuclear lab May p9
  • German lab plans high-field magnet May p9
  • Neutron lab comes back from the dead Cartlidge E Jun p10
  • In support of neutrons Jun p15
  • Faults close new research reactor Sep p8
  • US physicists plan collider stopgap Oct p7
  • Colliding personalities Dec p44

Fluid dynamics

  • Chipping in to microfluidics Hansen C, Leung K and Mousavi P Sep p24
  • The hydrodynamics of dragonflies Nov p5

France

  • Soleil lab sees the light of day Feb p8
  • Big labs – a gift to the economy Apr p12
  • French hopefuls make grand pledges Apr p14
  • French frustration Apr p17
  • French universities win more freedom Aug p8
  • France and Libya sign nuclear deal Sep p12

Fusion

  • Sonofusion scientist cleared Mar p9
  • The secret world of amateur fusion Cartlidge E Mar p10
  • New look for physicists' Z machine Sep p8
  • Europe backs new laser-fusion facility Oct p9

Geophysics

  • Scientists unite to study snow, sea and skies Gould P Jan p8
  • All shook up Robinson A Jan p38
  • US should tap power in Earth's crust Mar p8
  • Physicists take on the Andes May p5
  • Earth's mantle in a spin Nov p4
  • Where is the centre of the Earth? Argus D Dec p35

Germany

  • A tale of two Germans Crumey A Apr p40
  • German lab plans high-field magnet May p9
  • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: 1912-2007 Jun p11
  • End of a HERA for particle accelerator Aug p8
  • German ion facility gets the go-ahead Dec p7

Gravity and general relativity

  • Shot in the dark Clowe D, Zaritsky D Feb p26
  • Gravity probe gives Einstein costly test May p8
  • Detector starts gravity-wave hunt May p14
  • Harnessing gravity May p41
  • Black hole shrinks the braneworld Jun p4
  • Sounding out the Big Bang Hogan C Jun p20
  • Twin tests of relativity Aug p5
  • Relativity in action Aug p19
  • Gravity waves prove a weighty challenge Sep p10
  • A testing time for strings Sep p13
  • String theory under scrutiny Cartwright N and Frigg R Sep p14
  • Scientific faith put to the test Sep p16
  • Philosophy pulls strings Sep p18
  • Stringscape Chalmers M Sep p35
  • Battling over gravitational waves Rowan S Sep p50
  • US prioritizes dark-energy probe Oct p8
  • Global navigation flies high Easton R L Oct p34
  • A very special theory Nov p45
  • Dark passions Dec p15
  • A dark future for cosmology Krauss L M Dec p16
  • Dark Energy Crease R P Dec p19
  • Dark energy: the decade ahead Linder E and Perlmutter S Dec p24

History of physics

  • Physics legends II Crease R P Feb p17
  • Boltzmann notes Mandel P Feb p18
  • The muddle in the middle Jones R Feb p40
  • Maxwell's genius McCartney N, Kelly A, Fisk D Mar p23
  • A tale of Thompson and the tog Mills A Mar p64
  • Scientist of the century Sandifer E Apr p35
  • A tale of two Germans Crumey A Apr p40
  • Hungarian side of the bomb Pallo G May p42
  • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: 1912-2007 Jun p11
  • Theodore Maiman: 1927-2007 Jun p13
  • Interpreting Copenhagen Jun p15
  • Whan madness comes in handy Jul p3
  • No-way physics Crease RP Jul p18
  • Crediting genius Aug p19
  • Poincaré, Perelman and proof Hitchin N Aug p36
  • Gravitation Crease R P Oct p19
  • Sputnik's legacy Corfield R Oct p23
  • Mystery over Sputnik Nobel persists Nov p9
  • The industry of life Haw M Nov p25
  • Archimedes brought to light Bergmann U Nov p39
  • A devil's bargain Howard D Nov p44
  • Maxwell in bronze Dec p3
  • Dark Energy Crease R P Dec p19
  • Fortran faces the future at 50 Crouch P, Page C and Pelan J Dec p31
  • Colliding personalities Dec p44

India

  • Indian lab looks to home-grown talent Jun p7
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Oct p21
  • India digs deep to regain past glories Dec p7

Industry and innovation

  • Self-erasing paper to help beat waste Jan p5
  • X-rays in full colour Feb p5
  • Sensing a challenge Endicott J Feb p42
  • Intellectual innovator Myhrvold N Mar p12
  • Key to the quantum industry Shields A and Yuan Z Mar p24
  • Cleaning up the power industry Booth V Mar p49
  • Nanotech coating reflects no light Apr p5
  • Quantum computing – a commercial reality? Cartlidge E Apr p10
  • Big labs – a gift to the economy Apr p12
  • US firm pursues thorium power May p11
  • A model of innovation Fisk D May p16
  • A new face for diamond Jun p5
  • Technology programme survives the axe once again Jun p8
  • Putting the 'fab' in fabrication Jun p12
  • Crash! The physics of vehicle testing Frampton R Jun p27
  • Linking to the grid Jun p47
  • Striking it lucky in the oil industry Mullens S Jun p48
  • Physicists SCORE for the developing world Jul p5
  • From stewardship to proton therapy Aug p5
  • Harsh light shines on free energy Aug p9
  • Reassessing innovation Aug p19
  • Physics Grid tests new Web search engine Sep p5
  • Sensor firm is hot stuff Sep p12
  • Superconducting power Oct p5
  • Small-satellite firm thinks big Oct p12
  • Let there be light Humphreys C Oct p44
  • Oxford Instruments warms to 'dry' cryogenic systems Nov p11
  • BAE Systems slips down R&D chart Dec p11

International

  • Linear collider faces lengthy delay Apr p7
  • Indian lab looks to home-grown talent Jun p7
  • New journal for African physicists Jun p7
  • Atoms for peace 50 years on Cartlidge E Jul p8
  • Physicist takes on new role in Pakistan Aug p13
  • Best universities revealed Dec p11

Italy

  • Detector starts gravity-wave hunt May p14
  • Neutrino detector finally starts up Jul p11
  • The caves of cosmic silence Dec p12

Japan

  • Japan turns on heavy-ion source Mar p9

Lasers and optics

  • Superlenses sharpen up May p5
  • Chill out with polaritons Jun p5
  • Lasers spot anthrax Jun p8
  • Theodore Maiman: 1927-2007 Jun p13
  • High-temperature condensates confirmed Jul p5
  • Atoms store images for record time Sep p4
  • Laser flips magnetic bit Sep p5

Lateral thoughts

  • Palmer D Jason Jan p52
  • Living in the greenhouse Gilmour J Feb p52
  • A tale of Thompson and the tog Mills A Mar p64
  • We are the physics WAGs Phillips L Apr p56
  • Counting the femtokelvins Wright O May p56
  • Physics on the front line Wright P Jun p60
  • Can an LED really be green? Pykett, C Jul p60
  • Is anybody out there? Aug p48
  • Physglish: our coded speech Sep p64
  • Domestic entropy Oct p64
  • The pitfalls of energy efficiency Nov p60
  • Quiz of the year 2007 Dec p60

Light sources, synchotrons and free-electron lasers

  • Australia opens X-ray and nuclear lab May p9
  • Faults close new research reactor Sep p8
  • Life in the line of fire Wildes A Sep p52

Low-temperature physics

Mathematical and statistical physics

Medical physics

  • Powerful magnets boost brain research Jan p6
  • Novel accelerators for proton therapy Jan p12
  • Missile-defence technology targets breast cancer Mar p8
  • Vision on a chip Cartlidge E Mar p35
  • An eye for units McDowell A Apr p22
  • Astronomers benefit from medical software May p14
  • MRI goes to new limits Jun p4
  • From stewardship to proton therapy Aug p5
  • Magnetism helps diagnose brain disorders Oct p9
  • Sensors on the brain Dec p5
  • MRI in Europe gets a reprieve Dec p9
  • The business of medical physics Rockwell Mackie T Dec p48

Metrology

  • Laser route to redefining Boltzmann's constant Aug p4
  • Getting the measure of atom interferometry Dos Santos F P and Landragin A Nov p32
  • The measure of all things Nov p45

Miscellaneous

  • To knot or not to knot Jan p5
  • Theoretical cycling Marks J M Jan p16
  • Dousing doubts Pointon T Jan p16
  • Splitting hairs Moon B Jan p16
  • Physics by analogy Muldoon C Feb p16
  • Shed your arrogance Monk M Feb p18
  • Cycle stability Main P Feb p18
  • The science of origami Lang R J Feb p30
  • That sinking feeling Briers D, Ruf H, Clowe D Apr p21
  • Tricky physics Apr p41
  • Losing the plot Nash M May p20
  • Bright idea Danson R May p21
  • Seeking to solve the mystery of ball lightning Cartlidge E May p35
  • Thermodynamics goes under cover Brankin P Jun p19
  • In search of postwar industrial physicists Hempstead C A Jun p19
  • A green life on the red planet Jul p3
  • The luxurious third dimension Jul p3
  • More wine, sir? Jul p3
  • The secret to crack-free paint Jul p5
  • Science bloopers Main I Jul p19
  • Experimenting with light Willcox N, Coaton J Jul p19
  • How well do you know science? Aug p3
  • Cats and bulbs Aug p19
  • The origin of the tog Aug p19
  • The power of the people Sep p3
  • Bed problem Sep p23
  • Croc shot Sep p23
  • Quids in Nov p3
  • Cosmic hoodies Nov p3
  • What's hit your mailbox? Dec p3
  • Physics books crossword Dec p40

Nanotechnology

  • Light squeezes through nanocable Feb p5
  • Electronics with carbon nanotubes Avouris P Mar p40
  • Chemical origami Apr p5
  • Nanotech coating reflects no light Apr p5
  • Nantubes chill chips May p4
  • Bright outlook for solar cells Cartlidge E Jul p20
  • How nanotubes could help you climb the walls Oct p5
  • Helping set the nanorecord straight Oct p21
  • Blog life: Soft Machines Nov p47
  • Bullet-proof nanotubes Dec p5

Nuclear physics

  • Thumbs up for slimmed down nuclear facility Jan p12
  • Japan turns on heavy-ion source Mar p9
  • Radiactive warning Mar p9
  • Testing the elements of the Big Bang Nollett K Aug p20
  • German ion facility gets the go-ahead Dec p7

Nuclear power

  • US firm pursues thorium power May p11
  • UK reaffirms support for nuclear Jul p7
  • Atoms for peace 50 years on Cartlidge E Jul p8
  • A new dawn for nuclear power Norman P, Worrall A, Hesketh K Jul p25
  • France and Libya sign nuclear deal Sep p12
  • Nuclear reactors back on US agenda Nov p10
  • IAEA sees bright future for nuclear power Dec p10
  • Nuclear partnership urged to slow Dec p11

Nuclear weapons

  • Clock moves two minutes closer to doom Feb p11
  • The Trident solution Mar p17
  • The costs of replacing Trident Parkinson S Mar p18
  • US has designs on new warhead Apr p8
  • Missile researchers cleared of fraud May p14
  • Nuclear priorities Smart D, Steinberger J May p20
  • Hungarian side of the bomb Pallo G May p42
  • Contract awarded for weapons lab Jun p9
  • Atoms for peace 50 years on Cartlidge E Jul p8
  • Science and the superweapon Robinson A Jul
  • Physicists at Aldermaston White S Aug p41
  • Keeping space in check Oct p16
  • An element of fear Harris J Oct p46

Obituaries

  • Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: 1932–2007 Jul p12
  • Forgotten father of the Big Bang dies Oct p8

Optics

  • Focusing on graphene Apr p4
  • Nanotech coating reflects no light Apr p5
  • Getting the measure of atom interferometry Dos Santos F P and Landragin A Nov p32

Particle physics

  • Hunt for the Higgs hots up Jan p6
  • Novel accelerators for proton therapy Jan p12
  • Reductionist benefits Allport P Jan p16
  • Stringing physics along Riordan M Feb p38
  • Billion-dollar collider plans unveiled Mar p7
  • Large Hadron Collider will open this year Ellis J Mar p23
  • Fermilab data hint at Higgs boson Apr p4
  • Linear collider faces lengthy delay Apr p7
  • Going underground Apr p7
  • Antimatter probe under threat Apr p8
  • A triangle that matters Gershon T Apr p24
  • MiniBooNE rules out fourth neutrino May p4
  • Magnet failure could delay the LHC May p7
  • A new face for diamond Jun p5
  • Eclipses could clarify axion mystery Jul p4
  • LHC to skip low-energy test runs Jul p7
  • End of a HERA for particle accelerator Aug p8
  • The low-energy frontier Lindner A and Ringwald A Aug p32
  • Physics Grid tests new Web search engine Sep p5
  • A testing time for strings Sep p13
  • String theory under scrutiny Cartwright N and Frigg R Sep p14
  • Scientific faith put to the test Sep p16
  • Philosophy pulls strings Sep p18
  • Stringscape Chalmers M Sep p35
  • US physicists plan collider stopgap Oct p7
  • A life's list Nov p3
  • TV's Big Bang Nov p3
  • Particle physics fires up Nov p5
  • CERN boss quashes delay rumours Nov p8
  • Neutrino globetrotter Cartlidge E Nov p14
  • Blog lines Nov p17
  • Strings and philosophy O'Raifeartaigh C, Moore E, Duff M Nov p22
  • Sand could shed light on quark–gluon plasma Dec p4
  • India digs deep to regain past glories Dec p7
  • The caves of cosmic silence Dec p12

Philosophy of science

  • Physics and Philosophy Olley R, Walker P Jul p19
  • String theory under scrutiny Cartwright N and Frigg R Sep p14
  • Philosophy pulls strings Sep p18

Physics and religion

  • Can physics really prove the existence of God? May p8
  • Case not proven Ellis G May p40
  • God and physics: a new dialogue Aug p10
  • A way forward for Islamic science Cartlidge E Aug p12
  • Islamic science Aug p15
  • Scientific faith put to the test Sep p16
  • Galileo as antichrist Sep p49
  • God and physics Oct p20
  • Physics and faith are worth debating Dec p23
  • A physics chauvinist tackles Islam Dec p42

Physics and sport

  • Ashes to ashes Duggleby J Feb p18
  • Microfluidics goes for gold on the slopes Mar p5
  • A sound way to improve your golf Sep p3

Plasma physics

  • Plasma – a view from space Nykyri K Apr p30

Publishing

Publishing and public understanding

Quantum physics

Research conduct and ethics

  • Missile researchers cleared of fraud May p14

Science and society

Semiconductors and electronics

  • Nantubes chill chips May p4
  • Chill out with polaritons Jun p5
  • High-temperature condensates confirmed Jul p5
  • Quantum ballistics Sokolov A Aug p27
  • Laser flips magnetic bit Sep p5
  • IBM tackles single-atom storage Oct p4
  • Let there be light Humphreys C Oct p44
  • Semiconductor bends light the wrong way Dec p5

Space science and the solar system

  • Water on Mars goes with the flow Jan p4
  • Lakes of methane Feb p5
  • Satellites to probe mysterious auroras Feb p7
  • Then there were eight Sykes MV Mar p46
  • Mixed fortunes for European missions Apr p8
  • Plasma – a view from space Nykyri K Apr p30
  • Gazing into the crystal ball Apr p41
  • Destination Moon Schirber M May p12
  • Back to the Moon May p15
  • Spacecraft to see dawn after all Jun p8
  • Laika and friends Jun p47
  • Europe sets its sights on Mars Jul p11
  • Staring at the Sun Luhmann J Aug p38
  • Space at the fashion frontier Sep p3
  • Gravity waves prove a weighty challenge Sep p10
  • Making the world go round Oct p3
  • Flight that's fancy Oct p3
  • Lost because of space Oct p3
  • A commemoration of space Oct p9
  • Google sets up Moon prize Oct p9
  • UK told to embrace human spaceflight Oct p12
  • Fifty years after Sputnik Oct p15
  • Keeping space in check Oct p16
  • Lunar helium is more than a 'factoid' Oct p21
  • Sputnik's legacy Corfield R Oct p23
  • Physics up above Dorminey B Oct p29
  • Global navigation flies high Easton R L Oct p34
  • Our orbiting junk-yard Cartlidge E Oct p39
  • Uncertainty reigns over planetary orbits Nov p5
  • Mystery over Sputnik Nobel persists Nov p9
  • Russia and the US join forces on missions Nov p9
  • Cassini — still flying high Nov p13
  • Helium-3 lunacy Close F Nov p23
  • Getting the measure of atom interferometry Dos Santos F P and Landragin A Nov p32
  • Europe maps out its plans for space exploration Dec p8
  • Chinese satellite reaches the Moon Dec p11
  • Scotland aims high with space bid Dec p11
  • Dark energy: the decade ahead Linder E and Perlmutter S Dec p24
  • Where is the centre of the Earth? Argus D Dec p35

Superconductivity

  • Fermi gases go with the superfluid flow Ketterle W and Shin Yong-il Jun p39
  • Superconducting power Oct p5

Surface science

  • Atomic fingerprinting Apr p5

Switzerland

  • Scientist of the century Sandifer E Apr p35

UK

  • Axe falls on Reading physics Jan p12
  • Cambridge physics breaks new ground Mar p13
  • Physicists get new research council Apr p9
  • Government cuts holes in science funds Apr p9
  • How low can you go? Aboites V Apr p22
  • A new VISTA of the universe May p7
  • A cone, not a dome May p14
  • In support of neutrons Jun p15
  • UK reaffirms support for nuclear Jul p7
  • Research council gets science board Jul p7
  • Shake up for science in the UK Aug p9
  • Science minister sets out his stall Sep p9
  • Non-physicists to get cash to teach physics Nov p11
  • UK plans to withdraw from Gemini telescopes Dec p8
  • Scotland aims high with space bid Dec p11

US

  • Thumbs up for slimmed down nuclear facility Jan p12
  • American scientists fight budget cuts Feb p7
  • US students flock to physics Feb p8
  • Nuclear security chief forced out Feb p8
  • Budget is good news for physicists, but NASA feels the pinch Mar p7
  • Dorfan quits accelerator lab Apr p8
  • US has designs on new warhead Apr p8
  • Gravity probe gives Einstein costly test May p8
  • Tale of two anniversaries Crease R P May p18
  • Technology programme survives the axe once again Jun p8
  • Female physicist takes helm at Purdue Jun p9
  • Contract awarded for weapons lab Jun p9
  • NASA boss feels the heat Jul p6
  • Gold mine wins contest to host lab Aug p7
  • Cash promised for American physics Sep p12
  • Governing science Crease R P Sep p20
  • US physicists plan collider stopgap Oct p7
  • NASA scientists take government to court Oct p7
  • Astronomers seek to save observatory Nov p8
  • Nuclear partnership urged to slow Dec p11

Women in physics

  • Secret history Barbosa M Jan p40
  • Should we enroll more female students in physics? Bouville M Apr p18
  • We are the physics WAGs Phillips L Apr p56
  • Gender issues in physics Baker J, White C, Williams H, Ellse M, Edwards M May p19
  • Female physicist takes helm at Purdue Jun p9
  • Physicist takes the helm at top oceanographic institute Dec p10