Paul Dirac published the first of his papers on "The Quantum Theory of the Electron" 70 years ago this month. The Dirac equation, derived in those papers, is one of the most important equations in phy...
Read article: Paul Dirac: the purest soul in physics
Shuji Nakamura describes the advances that enabled his group to develop blue light-emitting diodes and lasers
Read article: Light emission moves into the blue
Theory suggests that carbon nanotubes have a variety of useful properties, and experiments to test these predictions are just becoming possible
Read article: Carbon nanotubes
If plans to build the European Spallation Source are successful it will be the world's most powerful neutron source and will revolutionize many areas of experimental science
Read article: Neutrons for the future
Like their colleagues in many other countries, Australian physicists are in the midst of a funding crisis. Peter Pockley reports on their attempts to fight back
Many scientists regard people's fascination with the supernatural as harmless nonsense. Tony Jones meets a physicist who confronts proponents of paranormal beliefs
Nathan Myhrvold was once Stephen Hawking's postdoc - now he is chief technology officer at Microsoft. Peter Gwynne discovers the secrets of his success
Since winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1984, Carlo Rubbia has pursued an impressive range of diverse projects. Susan Biggin meets a larger-than-life physicist
Read article: What Carlo did next
Predicted in 1924 and first observed in 1995, the fifth state of matter is now under intense scrutiny
Read article: Bose-Einstein condensation
Tim Berners-Lee predicts the future of online publishing in an article he wrote for Physics World in 1992
Read article: Electronic publishing and visions of hypertext
