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In depth: Instrumentation & measurement
In praise of weakness
Mar 7, 2013 10 comments Feature
Aephraim Steinberg and colleagues describe how "weak measurements" are transforming our knowledge of the quantum world
Cool dust and baby stars
Jan 3, 2013 2 comments Feature
Steve Eales revels in the new view of the universe provided by the Herschel Space Observatory
Von Neumann's computer
Dec 6, 2012 3 comments Review
A book on the early history of practical computers, reviewed by Martin Campbell-Kelly
Exhibition will showcase the latest vacuum technologies
Sep 20, 2012 Feature
Nanotechnology and big science will feature at this year's Vacuum Expo in Coventry, UK
Material advantage?
Jul 12, 2012 1 comment Feature
In a great sporting performance, how much of that is down to the athlete and how much to the technology they are using? Steve Haake investigates
In the wake of Fukushima
May 10, 2012 2 comments Feature
Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station
Measure for measure
Feb 16, 2012 4 comments Review
Terry Quinn reviews Robert P Crease's World in the Balance: the Historic Quest for a Universal System of Measurement
One toise at a time
Oct 27, 2011 2 comments Review
Terry Quinn reviews Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Larrie D Ferreiro
Vacuum Expo hosts a range of technical meetings
Oct 13, 2011 Feature
Symposia on thin films and vacuum science set for Coventry
Magnet challenges for ITER
Sep 29, 2011 2 comments Feature
ITER uses complex magnets to control a 150 million Kelvin plasma, as Daniel Clery explains
Making CERN's best even better
Sep 29, 2011 Feature
Matthew Chalmers looks at what is in store for CERN in the next 10 years
Pushing the boundaries
Sep 15, 2011 2 comments Feature
Matin Durrani reports on the rise of China's Institute of High Energy Physics
Licence to stun
Sep 1, 2011 3 comments Feature
David Wilkinson describes how physicists helped test the safety and effectiveness of less-lethal weapons
