Europe launches first Sentinel satellite
Mission will monitor the Earth in unprecedented detail
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Burning soil fuels ball lightning
Spectroscopy reveals silicon and iron in glowing orb
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The world of physics in 2014
Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen
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Our favourite pictures of 2013
From shape-shifting metals and evolving bubbles to ancient light
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Letting the sunshine in
A book about “sustainable” strategies for providing food and energy to a future population of nine billion, reviewed by Alison Walker
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Comprehensive study shows cosmic rays are not causing global warming
Little correlation is found between cosmic-ray flux and global climate
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Physicists claim further evidence of link between cosmic rays and cloud formation
Controversial theory gets a boost from the lab
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Radio waves measure atmospheric temperature changes
Method could be used to monitor climate change in the long run
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What aerodynamic considerations go into designing a wind turbine?
Fulvio Scarano gives a whirlwind tour of the physics of wind turbines
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Van Allen electrons are accelerated from within
Telltale sign of local interactions detected by NASA probe
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