Nobel laureate goes to Washington?
Steven Chu tipped to head US Department of Energy
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Europe plans future research facilities
New roadmap focuses on environmental sciences
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Breakthrough in the physics of ice-shelf break-up
Scientists come up with simple law for iceberg formation
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Modelling civilization as ‘heat engine’ could improve climate predictions
Discovery halves the number of variables needed to forecast emissions, claims physicist
Solar activity could dictate river flow
Sunspot counting could help predict future floods
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…And now for the next 20 years
Six leading physicists peek into the future
Two decades and counting…
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
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US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
Prize-winners rally behind Democratic nominee as he issues 'plan for science and innovation'
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Climate chaos
A few years back after a particularly wet spell, Lenny Smith found that his local pub in Oxford had been flooded...
Cloud-seeding ships could combat climate change
Pumping salt water into the air could keep global temperatures stable for decades, say scientists
