Stranger than fiction
Are time travel, invisibility cloaks and 'tractor beams' science fact, or science fiction?
The flip-flop world of research
New video highlights the ups and downs of life as a scientist
Respectability for Dirac's Drunkards
It was a respectable result for Physics World's team at yesterday’s Big Science Pub Quiz at Imperial College London
The sights – and sounds – of AAAS
A musical molecule and a rotating DNA sculpture attracted plenty of attention in the exhibit hall
On the role of snail slime
Good news for engineers developing gastropod-inspired robots…
How to build a cloud chamber at home
My favourite bit is when Olivia (age 15) removes a piece of americium from a smoke detector
Optical tweezers on your iPad
Imagine if you could reach out and grab a microscopic object...
Four steps to success
An "easy" recipe for finding new physics
How old is the universe?
BBC radio tackles cosmological time
Read article: The art of physics demonstrations
The art of physics demonstrations
Physics World videos explore why good demonstrations are crucial to physics education
