Everyday science Blog How fast could Usain Bolt have run the 100-metre dash? Four physicists in Norway have analysed video of the race and concluded...
Dark matter and energy Blog DAMA results go through the looking glass The debate as to whether the DAMA/LIBRA team has detected dark matter will no doubt persist until fresh data can say either way...
Projects and facilities Blog LHC kicks in both directions Could it be — touch wood — that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will make it to the official 10 September start-up date without any further hiccups?...
Art and science Blog Seeing animals in a new light At first glance these images look like snapshots from that classic eighties sci-fi flick Predator...
Astroparticle physics Blog Mooning over ultrahigh-energy neutrinos When it comes to designing detectors for cosmic neutrinos, the bigger the better...
Dark matter and energy Blog In the dark about dark matter Has a European satellite detected dark matter?...
Low-temperature physics Blog Freezing physics Banana hammers, spinning magnets and artificial clouds...
States of matter Blog Are supersolids not so super? The controversial phenomenon of "supersolidity" was centre-stage in Amsterdam this morning...
Everyday science Blog Let's romp A "romp" session at a scientific conference surely needs some explanation...