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News

Laser creates record-breaking protons

High-energy protons could yield compact source for cancer therapy

Enter the yoctosecond

Particle collisions could yield ultrashort light pulses

IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system

First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists

Deep-sea communication with neutrinos

Particles could carry messages to nuclear subs, says physicist

In depth

Web life: Colliding Particles

Short films to get you ready for the switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider

A very good Englishman

Graham Farmelo examines the letters of nuclear theorist Rudolf Peierls

The road to sustainability

"Sustainability" is the hottest topic in energy research today, but what does it actually mean? George Crabtree and John Sarrao describe what makes a technology sustainable, and outline the materials-science challenges standing between us and clean, long-lasting energy

Of gluons, atoms and strings

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