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In depth: Instrumentation & measurement
Diamond coatings are branching out
Jul 31, 2009 Feature
Chris Walker looks at some of the uses of a novel amorphous diamond material
RGA User Group offers broad appeal
Jul 31, 2009 Feature
Robin Hathaway explains how a user group provides a forum for sharing experiences and discovering new ways to exploit the powerful diagnostic features of residual gas analysers across a wide range of applications
Chamber simulates space on Earth
Jul 31, 2009 Feature
Stan Grisnik describes how NASA’s huge craft-testing facility can recreate the vacuum conditions of space.
Threats to ultra-high-field MRI
Jul 31, 2009 2 comments Opinion
A new European directive designed to prevent workers from being exposed to high magnetic fields could potentially have a severe impact on research into magnetic resonance imaging, warns Denis Le Bihan
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
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
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
Seeing the quantum world
Dec 1, 2008 2 comments Feature
Barry Sanders explains how state-of-the-art animations are taking over the role of classic quantum-mechanical Gedanken experiments to help visualize the complexities and challenges of the new quantum technologies
A feast of visualization
Dec 1, 2008 Feature
As physics enters the age of the petabyte, pioneering methods of visualization are fast changing the way we understand and disseminate science. Opening this special issue, Physics World presents a gallery of stunning images from New Journal of Physics
...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
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?
