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Physics World October 2013

Physics World October 2013

Physics World at 25

To mark the 25th anniversary of Physics World, which launched in October 1988, we’ve created a fantastic special issue. We look back at some of the highlights in physics of the last 25 years and also forward to where the subject is going next. Among other great articles, you can see what five leading researchers have to say about Physics World's choice of the five biggest unanswered questions in physics right now. You can learn about the five people who are changing the way physics is done and gaze into the future as we disclose the five most promising spin-offs from physics.

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Artist's impression representing the ideas of quantum computing: an electronic circuit superimposed on the orbitals of an atom feature

Can we exploit the weirdness of quantum mechanics?

Man in front of a blackboard with students feature

Neil Turok: nurturing the next Einsteins

Illustration of a jigsaw of a galaxy, with several pieces missing and darkness beyond feature

What is the nature of the dark universe?

A woman standing in a corridor feature

Meg Urry: under a limitless sky

Illustration showing hundreds of clocks jumbled together feature

What is time?

A man sitting in an office feature

Albert-László Barabási: sharing the tools of the trade

A very nearby ringed planet looms in the sky of a mountainous landscape and is reflected in a large lake feature

Is life on Earth unique?

An older man with a beard sitting on a couch feature

Leonard Susskind: a new kind of outreach

Graphical artwork of blue and yellow spiralling lines on a black background feature

Can we unify quantum mechanics and gravity?

A smiling man in sunlight looking off into the distance feature

Chris Lintott: exploring the Zooniverse

A quantum simulator feature

Physics for our future

Graphic image of an development dial feature

A fresh spin on physics

Graphene's potential to provide drinking water

Quantum computing: a revolution in bits

Building the perfect lens with metamaterials

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