Read article: Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology
Joost van Mameren explains how quantitative force measurements by optical tweezers can unravel the mechanical properties of biological molecules
Read article: Menlo takes frequency combs to the masses
Nadya Anscombe discovers how Nobel prize winning research has been turned into a practical product
Read article: The large hadron computer
Plans for dealing with the torrent of data from the Large Hadron Collider’s detectors have made the CERN particle-physics lab, yet again, a pioneer in computing as well as physics. Andreas...
Read article: One year left to go
As they enter their final year of undergraduate study, six students from around the globe share with Physics World their perspectives on physics, their courses and the future
Six leading physicists peek into the future
Read article: Two decades and counting…
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
Read article: Ending the great drought
For more than 20 years, particle theory has left experiment far behind in its wake. Michael Riordan hopes that the Large Hadron Collider will help bring particle physics back to it...
Read article: Have PhD, will travel
Life as a postdoctoral researcher offers opportunities for making independent contributions to science, but there are pitfalls too, as Margaret Harris explains
Read article: The global-village pioneers
Paul Ginsparg, who founded the arXiv e-print archive, recounts the early days of the Web and looks at how it has changed scientific communication
Read article: Tessella gets to work on ITER’s computer systems
Tessella is providing software services to the next-generation ITER fusion reactor being built in France. The UK-based firm’s fusion project manager, Richard Layne, explains how the company is build...
