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Physics World February 2016

Physics World February 2016

Bodily functions: the new science of network physiology

Our cover feature this month is on the new interdisciplinary science of “network physiology”. Elsewhere in the issue, John Campbell from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand looks at Rutherford’s secret work in the First World War using sonar to spot submarines, while science writer Matthew Francis looks at efforts to rewrite the rules of gravity. We also have a package of articles looking at some of the issues surrounding peer review, including a news-analysis piece by Physics World news editor Michael Banks, who talks to a range of figures in physics and publishing with views on this subject.

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An illustration of “braneworld”, where the known universe is the mere surface of a larger reality feature

Might gravity have mass?

Illustration of a computer screen and a magnifying glass analysis

Peer review under the spotlight

Artistic illustration of a human torso, showing a red heart in the centre from which blood vessels emanate and branch out through the body. Superimposed is a graphical trace feature

Revealing the network within

Artistic impression of a black hole at the centre of a swirling cloud of stars and galaxies review

How black holes saved relativity

Photo showing Ernest Lawrence addressing an assembled group of workers outside the skeletal frame of the building that would house his 184-inch cyclotron review

‘Big science’ begins

Illustration of a man hiding his eyes to show why anonymity is crucial to peer review opinion

Peer review’s value

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