Read article: In search of the black swans
The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margi...
New calculations suggest no lateral force between moving plates in a vacuum
Charting the boundary between the quantum and classical worlds
Read article: Journeys to greatness
To practising physicists, the great equations of physics might seem obvious, logical and trivial. But to their discoverers, Robert P Crease argues, that was far from true
Read article: Atoms teleport information over long distance
New approach extends range of atomic teleportation
Read article: Reasons to be cheerful
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
Read article: ‘Uncontrollable’ nuclei sharpen up MRI
The solution to a theoretical puzzle could provide the basis for improved MRI techniques.
Read article: Shifty constants
Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
Most entangled states are not useful, say physicists
Six leading physicists peek into the future
