Read article: What it’s like to be in business
What it’s like to be in business
Bob Claridge explains what skills you require to succeed as a physicist in the hard-nosed world of business
Read article: What it’s like to be in business
Read article: Avalanche physics ploughs ahead
Avalanche physics ploughs ahead
Numerical models are providing detailed insights into the formation and dynamics of avalanches, explain Perry Barteft and Othmar Buser
Read article: Extrasolar planets
Extrasolar planets
Andrew Collier Cameron explains how astronomers are searching for an Earth-like planet outside our solar system that could harbour life
Read article: Max Planck: the reluctant revolutionary
Max Planck: the reluctant revolutionary
It was 100 years ago when Max Planck published a paper that gave birth to quantum mechanics – but he didn't immediately realize the consequences of his work, says Helge Kragh
Read article: Quantum mechanics with single atoms and photons
Quantum mechanics with single atoms and photons
Some 100 years after the birth of quantum mechanics, physicists are still learning more about the interactions between light and matter
Read article: Quintessence
Quintessence
Cosmologists have proposed that a mysterious substance called quintessence can explain why our universe is accelerating. But what is it made of?
Read article: The search for extra dimensions
The search for extra dimensions
The idea that the universe is trapped on a membrane in some high-dimensional space-time may explain why gravity is so weak, and could be tested at high-energy particle accelerators
Read article: A strange quark plasma
A strange quark plasma
Experiments have recreated the conditions that existed in the early universe before the protons and neutrons that make up the world today had formed
Read article: Physics goes for gold
Physics goes for gold
Physical fitness is no longer enough to guarantee a gold medal at the Olympics, but an understanding of the science behind the sport may give competitors that crucial edge
Read article: Physics, technology and the Olympics
Physics, technology and the Olympics
What effect does technology have on the performance of athletes, asks Steve Haake
