Read article: Down the path of least resistance
Down the path of least resistance
A century after its discovery, Paul Michael Grant explains why superconductivity still confounds and baffles us today
Read article: Down the path of least resistance
Read article: Metrology in the balance
Metrology in the balance
Robert P Crease examines what could be the biggest overhaul in metrology since the French Revolution
Read article: Seeking advice
Seeking advice
Looking for a job? Margaret Harris sees what help is at hand for physics graduates finding their way in the job market
Read article: On the road to discovery
On the road to discovery
With CERN's Large Hadron Collider restarting after its winter shutdown, Tommaso Dorigo explains what drives its researchers as data-taking begins
Read article: A message from Mercury
A message from Mercury
With NASA's MESSENGER probe set to enter Mercury's orbit, Louise Prockter outlines the mission's grand aims
Read article: The Scholar and the Caliph
The Scholar and the Caliph
On the millennial anniversary of his Book of Optics, Jennifer Ouellette tells the story of Ibn al-Haytham
Read article: Not slippery when wet
Not slippery when wet
Jan-Henning Dirks on the mystery of how flies can crawl upside down
Read article: Avoiding an unholy marriage
Avoiding an unholy marriage
Michael Banks looks at how maths and music underpin a new homage to Ernest Rutherford
Read article: Gongs away
Gongs away
Bagging a physics prize can bring both pleasures and pitfalls
Read article: Living with a star
Living with a star
Alan Title reveals how NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is telling us about the Sun
