Happy birthday to the laser
By Margaret Harris Fifty years ago today, a little-known scientist working in an underfunded lab in California set off a scientific and technological revolution. On 16 May 1960, Theodore Maiman and hi...
All together now…
Have you ever wondered how hundreds of particle physicists write one paper?
Bat–man collaboration
Recreating bat echolocation for applications...
David Willetts named as UK science minister
After a few days of political horse-trading the UK has a new science minister...
Is ball lightning all in your head?
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, not glowing orbs...
The laser at 50
Celebrate the laser's golden jubilee by downloading a free PDF of the May issue of Physics World...
iPhone goes nuclear
There really is an iPhone app for everything...
The cool universe
The BBC gets out its infrared telescope...
UK election: a guide for the science vote
We have put together some of the science-based pledges from the three main parties
Now you see it, now you don't – or do you??
MIT researchers spot fatal flaw in cloaking devices
