…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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Self-assembly goes square-shaped
Block-copolymer square arrays could shrink integrated circuits
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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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Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov recognized for discovering new carbon material just one atom thick
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Memory device could store data using heat
Researchers develop a way of storing and reading information with phonons
Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal
Simple exception to Landau-Fermi liquid could provide new route to spintronics
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Carbon nanotubes, but without the ‘nano’
New structures are 30 times stronger than Kevlar, say researchers
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Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates
Electrons travel with ease between benzene and platinum
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Cold atoms could help build ‘spintronics’ transistor
Analogue "may help understand problems in real systems"
