Education and outreach Blog A public risk Nanotechnology has proved to be a gold mine for applied physics, and by 2015 recent predictions suggest that it could have generated a $1 trillion global market. That’s not very surprising: new appl...
Transport properties Research update Seeing the hidden fresco Terahertz radiation can see through walls Read article: Seeing the hidden fresco
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Second thoughts Doing physics in Second Life Read article: Second thoughts
Education and outreach Analysis Doing physics in Second Life What is there for physicists in this virtual world? Read article: Doing physics in Second Life
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Real thoughts Physicists owe a lot to the foresight of William Cavendish
Telescopes and space missions Research update Hopes for UK funding-cut reversal dashed Government review of physics funding will not address budget crisis Read article: Hopes for UK funding-cut reversal dashed
Education and outreach Research update Pope calls off university visit Letter protesting against visit signed by ex-CERN boss Read article: Pope calls off university visit
Education and outreach Research update China passes law to encourage innovative research Amendment should also help combat scientific fraud
Renewables Feature Generating job options Life in the nuclear industry Read article: Generating job options
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews The last of its breed Robert P Crease on the new online Dictionary of Scientific Biography Read article: The last of its breed