Read article: A quantum leap for cosmology
One of the most challenging problems in modern physics is the application of quantum theory to the universe as a whole. Progress in this area has been plagued by two types of problem: conceptual and technical. The conceptual problems arise from the old difficulties of interpreting quantum theory. The standard interpretations require that the measuring […]
Read article: PhysicsWeb gets new look
Six years on, all that has changed. Now it is possible to watch the chair of the Nobel physics committee announce the winners live over the Web, and sites like PhysicsWeb – the Web site of Physics World – race to be first with the news. Last month was a particularly busy month for PhysicsWeb: […]
Read article: Physicists go for goal
Football scores have been tackled by statistical physics
Two new optical probes work on ultrashort and ultrafast scales
High-energy physicists lobby for powerful accelerator
4D version of 2D effect could give clue to quantum gravity
Read article: Leicester imports student hotshots
New scheme brings the brightest students to the UK
Simulations show that a tapered chain of beads could take the sting out of large impacts
Read article: Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes
Magnetic fields could make black holes spill energy into surrounding gas and dust
A switch to control bursts of X-rays could make it much easier to track reaction dynamics
