Read article: Reputations at risk
Reputations at risk
Recent scandals in physics research have not improved its image
Read article: Reputations at risk
Read article: Quantum computing with solids
Quantum computing with solids
Building quantum computers from solid-state devices will not be easy
Read article: Sakharov, science and freedom
Sakharov, science and freedom
If anyone deserves more than one biography then surely that honour should go to Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), the physicist who produced the most powerful explosion in the history of the world and 14 y...
Read article: Love on the edge of the universe
Love on the edge of the universe
In October 1998 Janna Levin arrived to start a postdoc at Sussex University’s Astronomy Centre. She had just said good-bye to her beloved California, swapping the sun of Berkeley for the grey sk...
Read article: Future energy challenges
Future energy challenges
Can water, wind and fire save the Earth?
Read article: What does energy really mean?
What does energy really mean?
The origin and historical development of the word "energy"
Optical tricks of the Old Masters
Jim Trolinger looks at the secrets of the Renaissance painters
Read article: Who said that?
Who said that?
Why physicists love quotations
Read article: Bell Labs in the spotlight
Bell Labs in the spotlight
Heavyweight panel probes allegations of data fabrication
Read article: Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
John Credland reviews the story of the X-ray observatory
