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Laser creates record-breaking protons

Nov 9, 2009 14 comments

High-energy protons could yield compact source for cancer therapy

Enter the yoctosecond

Oct 16, 2009 6 comments

Particle collisions could yield ultrashort light pulses

IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system

Oct 15, 2009 8 comments

First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists

Deep-sea communication with neutrinos

Oct 7, 2009 8 comments

Particles could carry messages to nuclear subs, says physicist

In depth

Web life: Colliding Particles

Nov 2, 2009 2 comments

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

A very good Englishman

Nov 2, 2009

Graham Farmelo examines the letters of nuclear theorist Rudolf Peierls

The road to sustainability

Oct 1, 2009 1 comment

"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

Sep 1, 2009

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