Cosmic background pays off for Microsoft’s research chief
Nathan Myhrvold was once Stephen Hawking's postdoc - now he is chief technology officer at Microsoft. Peter Gwynne discovers the secrets of his success
Read article: What Carlo did next
What Carlo did next
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: Bose-Einstein condensation
Bose-Einstein condensation
Predicted in 1924 and first observed in 1995, the fifth state of matter is now under intense scrutiny
Read article: Electronic publishing and visions of hypertext
Electronic publishing and visions of hypertext
Tim Berners-Lee predicts the future of online publishing in an article he wrote for Physics World in 1992
Read article: Against ‘measurement’: John Bell on our continuing struggles with quantum mechanics
Against ‘measurement’: John Bell on our continuing struggles with quantum mechanics
Uncertainty over terms such as ‘apparatus’ is still rife in serious discussions of quantum mechanics, over 60 years after its conception, says John Bell
Read article: Shifts in atomic understanding
Shifts in atomic understanding
Atoms subjected to intense, ultrashort pulses of laser radiation ionise in surprising and, as yet, not wholly understood ways, explain Pierre Agostini and Guillaume Petite
