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In depth: Statistical, mathematical & computational physics
Of gluons, atoms and strings
Sep 1, 2009 Feature
An unusual alliance between physicists who study ultrahot plasmas and ultracold atoms is yielding intriguing results – and may even lead to an experimental test for string theory, as Barbara Jacak reveals
The power of robotics
Jun 2, 2009 2 comments Opinion
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
Web life: Hyperphysics
May 1, 2009 1 comment Review
Doing science in the open
May 1, 2009 12 comments Feature
Online networking tools are pervasive, but why have scientists been so slow to adopt many of them? Michael Nielsen explains how we can build a better culture of online collaboration
Beautifully strange
Apr 1, 2009 2 comments Review
John Enderby describes the life of the "strangest man": Paul Dirac
In search of the black swans
Apr 1, 2009 14 comments Feature
The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margins
Journeys to greatness
Feb 2, 2009 4 comments Opinion
To practising physicists, the great equations of physics might seem obvious, logical and trivial. But to their discoverers, Robert P Crease argues, that was far from true
Reasons to be cheerful
Jan 5, 2009 3 comments Opinion
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
Shifty constants
Dec 1, 2008 3 comments Opinion
Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
The large hadron computer
Oct 31, 2008 Feature
Plans for dealing with the torrent of data from the Large Hadron Collider’s detectors have made the CERN particle-physics lab, yet again, a pioneer in computing as well as physics. Andreas Hirstius describes the challenges of processing and storing data in the age of petabyte science
...And now for the next 20 years
Oct 1, 2008 3 comments Feature
Six leading physicists peek into the future
The global-village pioneers
Oct 1, 2008 1 comment Feature
Paul Ginsparg, who founded the arXiv e-print archive, recounts the early days of the Web and looks at how it has changed scientific communication
Two decades and counting...
Oct 1, 2008 Feature
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in the electronic age
A quantum renaissance
Jul 1, 2008 4 comments Feature
Markus Aspelmeyer and Anton Zeilinger on how technological advances let us readdress fundamental quantum puzzles
Lab architecture
Apr 1, 2008 1 comment Opinion
Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
