In a great sporting performance, how much of that is down to the athlete and how much to the technology they are using? Steve Haake investigates
Read article: Material advantage? How new technology and rule changes affect sporting performance
Can our universe be modelled as a giant computer? Pablo Arrighi and Jonathan Grattage describe recent advances in the "digital physics" project
Read article: The quantum game of life
Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power stat...
Read article: In the wake of Fukushima
Once thought to offer imaging at unlimited resolution beyond that permitted by diffraction, superlenses never quite worked in practice. Physicists now have a host of other ideas to make perfect images...
Read article: Defeating diffraction
As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events
Read article: Venus: it’s now or never
Richard Corfield investigates the science behind the sinking of the Titanic
Read article: The perfect storm
As the number of confirmed exoplanets increases, so do the prospects for extraterrestrial life. Lewis Dartnell describes some preliminary efforts to understand what forms alien plan...
Read article: Life under alien skies
Edwin Cartlidge investigates the latest in earthquake forecasting
Read article: How to forecast an earthquake
How can you best stand out in today's graduate job market?
Read article: Finding jobs in hard times
Margaret Harris learns about Fermilab's plans for the post-Tevatron era
Read article: Fermilab’s next frontier
