Occult arts and sceptical sciences
Philip Ball delves into the mystic and the physical worlds, in Physics and Psychics: the Occult and the Sciences in Modern Britain by Richard Noakes
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A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2009 – the first quantum computer
Michael Banks looks at the Physics World 2009 Breakthrough of the Year and how research in quantum computing has moved on
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My favourite Nobel prize: weighing up neutrino mass
Tushna Commissariat explains why the discovery that neutrinos have mass is crucial to our understanding of the universe
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My favourite Nobel prize: opening a new chapter in low-temperature physics
Michael Banks explains the crucial role that liquid helium plays in experimental physics
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My favourite Nobel prize: Raman scattering is a universal fingerprint
From disease diagnosis to atomic physics, the discovery of Raman scattering has had a wide-ranging impact on science and technology, argues Anna Demming
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My favourite Nobel prize: the blue LED that lights up the modern world
Margaret Harris chooses an invention that has a huge impact on everyday life
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My favourite Nobel prize: creating Bose–Einstein condensates in the lab
Pioneering experiments with Bose–Einstein condensates proved a long-standing theory and ignited a revolution in atomic physics, argues Susan Curtis
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More than one-quarter of physics Nobel laureates are immigrants, reveal updated infographics
US is the big winner when it comes to attracting top physicists, while the UK has lost as many laureates as it has gained
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My favourite Nobel prize: a universal theory for phase transitions
Hamish Johnston explains why Kenneth Wilson's profound insights into phase transitions should be lauded by physicists of all stripes
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My favourite Nobel prize: X-ray diffraction to deduce crystal structure
Matin Durrani explains why the work carried out by the father-and-son team of William and Lawrence Bragg was so significant
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