Deconstructing rainbows
“A single ray of light has a pathetic repertoire, limited to bending and bouncing (into water, glass or air, and from mirrors). But when rays are put together into a family – sunlight, for...
Read article: Hanging together
Hanging together
Is physics in crisis?
Read article: Manufacturing firsts in physics
Manufacturing firsts in physics
The first collisions at accelerators tend to be stage managed
Read article: The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist
The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist
Why did the US spy on Einstein?
Read article: The most beautiful experiments in physics as chosen by real physicists
The most beautiful experiments in physics as chosen by real physicists
What is the most beautiful experiment in physics, according to our poll of Physics World readers? Robert P Crease reports
Read article: The double-slit experiment
The double-slit experiment
Who performed the most beautiful experiment in physics?
Read article: Opening the book of revelations
Opening the book of revelations
Science is a uniquely public form of knowledge. What distinguishes it from other forms of knowledge is that scientific hypotheses can be checked by anyone with the will and resources to do so. In prin...
Read article: Reputations at risk
Reputations at risk
Recent scandals in physics research have not improved its image
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...
