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Read article: The colour of tennis balls, metrology for the whole family, physicists flee from elephant toothpaste
To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table, Hamish Johnston explains how iron improved the humble plough and allowed the Burj Khalifa to touch the sky
Read article: Battle of the elements: iron gave us skyscrapers and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
In a new series to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table, Liz Kalaugher highlights the role that nitrogen plays in life, science … and explosives
Read article: Battle of the elements: nitrogen gives life and takes it away
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Read article: Hawking joke inspires coin collector, Chaos the lion has radiotherapy, how to coil a liquid jet
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Read article: Apollo 11 user’s manual for sale, the physics of parking your car
The trade show at ESTRO 38 in Milan showcased the latest radiotherapy and oncology innovations
Read article: A stroll around the ESTRO show floor
Imaging black holes, learning from the arts, weighing water from space and more
Read article: Historic first black-hole image graces cover of May 2019 issue of Physics World magazine
An international tournament tested the physics prowess of 19 undergraduate student teams from 16 different countries. And the winner is…
Read article: Final score from the 2019 ‘World Cup of Physics’
Matin Durrani gets a sneak look round the world's biggest physics experiment as it begins a high-luminosity upgrade
Read article: This is how CERN’s Large Hadron Collider looks during the 2019 shutdown
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Read article: Physics of rowing, LEGO black-hole telescopes, happy birthday Max Planck
