Andrew Whitaker on how John Bell investigated quantum theory in the greatest depth and established what it can tell us about the fundamental nature of the physical world
Read article: John Bell and the most profound discovery of science
Nonlinear wave dynamics can help to explain what happens to the heart during an irregularity of the heartbeat known as a cardiac arrhythmia
Read article: Nonlinearity in the heart
Companies are continuing to build on the tremendous success of the compact disc by developing systems that could eventually replace the traditional video recorder
Read article: Optical data storage
Researchers are building new transistors that actively exploit the quantum properties of electrons
Read article: Single-electron transistors
Every few years the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean warms up around the equator and plays havoc with the climate on several continents. Why does this happen?
Read article: The physics of El Niño
Magnetic rotation is a new phenomenon that is forcing physicists to rethink their understanding of what goes on inside the nucleus
Read article: A new spin on nuclei
No-one forgets a great goal in football. As players from 32 countries prepare for the 1998 World Cup in France, find out how top footballers strike the ball to maximum effect
Read article: The physics of football
Developments in X-ray crystallography and progress in the production of good-quality protein crystals are leading to important advances in our knowledge of protein structure and function
Read article: Protein crystallography: the human genome in 3-D
The discovery of visible light from gamma-ray bursts has revealed that these puzzling objects lie among the most distant quasars and galaxies in the universe
Read article: Gamma-ray bursts
The laws of quantum mechanics can be used to process and transmit information in ways that are not possible with existing systems, Anton Zeilinger says
Read article: Fundamentals of quantum information
