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Oct 3, 2011

Download the Physics World supplement looking at the challenges of building and designing next-generation "big-science" facilities

In depth: Astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology

Pushing the boundaries

Matin Durrani reports on the rise of China's Institute of High Energy Physics

The end of astronomy's golden age?

Garth Illingworth warns that cancelling the James Webb Space Telescope will harm US astronomy

The quantum century

Kenneth W Ford reviews The Quantum Story: a History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott

Web life

"Citizen science" meets the Kuiper belt in IceHunters

Sweepers of the sky

Colin Johnston reviews Discoverers of the Universe

The sounds of science

Wanda Diaz Merced describes how losing her sight led her to investigate ways of using sound to study space physics

The ghost in the machine

Martin Hendry reviews Gravity's Ghost by Harry Collins

Web life

GWoptics

Between the lines: multiverse special

A trio of books about the idea of the multiverse

Optical sensors boost space science

Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms

The dark-energy game

Robert P Crease reviews The 4% Universe by Richard Panek

Taking the multiverse on faith

John W Moffat reviews The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Knocking on the Higgs' door

Lisa Randall on the future of particle physics

Seeking advice

Looking for a job? Margaret Harris sees what help is at hand for physics graduates finding their way in the job market

Dating the universe

Kulvinder Singh Chadha muses on the age of the universe