Quantum optics Research update Table-top test targets quantum foam Single photons could shed light on quantum gravity Read article: Table-top test targets quantum foam
Policy and funding News Italy cancels €1bn SuperB collider Italian government pulls funding for particle accelerator Read article: Italy cancels €1bn SuperB collider
Quantum mechanics Research update BaBar makes first direct measurement of time-reversal violation Result is statistically significant and consistent with indirect observations Read article: BaBar makes first direct measurement of time-reversal violation
Structure and dynamics Research update Unexpected ‘ridge’ seen in CMS collision data again "Ridge" could be theoretical form of matter known as a "colour glass condensate" Read article: Unexpected ‘ridge’ seen in CMS collision data again
Particles and interactions Feature Cornering the Higgs boson Michael Riordan continues his tale of the hunt for the Higgs boson Read article: Cornering the Higgs boson
Telescopes and space missions Research update Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia First prototypes installed for the $46m Hundred Square-km Cosmic Origin Explorer Read article: Huge cosmic-ray observatory set for Siberia
Particles and interactions Interview Pinning down the elusive Majorana fermion Carlo Beenakker talks to Physics World about Majorana fermions Read article: Pinning down the elusive Majorana fermion
Particles and interactions Feature Credit where credit’s due? Magdolna Hargittai gets to the bottom of the debate on whether female physicist Chien-Shiung Wu should have received a share of the 1957 Nobel prize Read article: Credit where credit’s due?
Particles and interactions Feature Delving into extra dimensions Henrik Melbéus and Tommy Ohlsson look at the mind-bending theories of extra dimensions Read article: Delving into extra dimensions
Particles and interactions Interview Lessons learned by leading OPERA man Antonio Ereditato talks to Physics World about the superluminal-neutrino episode Read article: Lessons learned by leading OPERA man
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