Physicists discover the ‘superinsulator’
Material found to have infinite resistance could be exploited to make “ideal” batteries
The social physicist
Sid Redner ponders the effects of zealots and vacillators on election outcomes
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A mind of her own
Robert P Crease looks at the life of mathematician Alicia Boole Stott
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String theorists and astrophysicist share Crafoord Prize
Award recognizes breakthroughs in mathematics and astronomy
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Ekpyrotic cosmology resurfaces
Alternative theory to Big Bang resolves teething problems
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Research funding should reward unpredictability
Physicist calculates LHC's "bang per buck"
The best of 2007
Monthly highlights from the year in physics
In praise of Lord Kelvin
David Saxon celebrates the great Victorian physicist
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Tony Bland: 1958–2007
Spintronics pioneer dies
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Supersensitive Coulomb test proposed
Experiment could show photon has mass
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