Read article: Looking back on the H-bomb
Looking back on the H-bomb
A memoir by the physicist Kenneth Ford offers an "engagingly human glimpse" into the US physics community in the early 1950s, writes reviewer Richard Moore
Read article: Looking back on the H-bomb
Read article: Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth’s mantle for first time
Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth’s mantle for first time
Italy's Borexino detector provides further insights into radioactive heating of the Earth
Read article: Neutrino-mass measurements could benefit from holmium-trapping result
Neutrino-mass measurements could benefit from holmium-trapping result
Resolution of nuclear-decay quandary is important step forward, say physicists
Read article: Curing the Curie complex
Curing the Curie complex
French physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot – the granddaughter of Marie Curie – discusses the "Curie complex" and shares her tips for scientific success
Read article: Tinker, tailor, physicist, spy?
Tinker, tailor, physicist, spy?
Was Bruno Pontecorvo a Soviet spy, or just a naive nuclear physicist caught up in a bigger drama? Simone Turchetti weighs up the evidence in Frank Close's new book
Read article: The spin of a proton
The spin of a proton
Where does the spin of a proton come from? An answer to this deceptively simple question may finally be within reach, as Edwin Cartlidge reports
Read article: Web life: Restricted Data: the Nuclear Secrecy Blog
Web life: Restricted Data: the Nuclear Secrecy Blog
Digging up the dirt on the early nuclear age
Read article: Cyclotron radiation from a single electron is measured for the first time
Cyclotron radiation from a single electron is measured for the first time
Technique could help measure neutrino mass
Read article: Smaller fusion reactors could deliver big gains
Smaller fusion reactors could deliver big gains
Tokamak Energy says that "fusion power gain" does not depend on the size of the reactor
Read article: Particle pioneer Val Fitch dies at 91
Particle pioneer Val Fitch dies at 91
US physicist discovered fundamental symmetry violation in the decay of K-mesons
