Read article: Two decades and counting…
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
Read article: US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
Prize-winners rally behind Democratic nominee as he issues 'plan for science and innovation'
Earth has not one, but two distinct magnetic fields, claim researchers
Read article: Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Interactions between convection cells and solid objects provide insight into how 'supercontinents' form and then break apart
Read article: Lab architecture
Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
Read article: Alpha Centauri might harbour an ‘Earth’
Astronomers set to begin five-year search
Read article: Secret of sandcastle building revealed
Water bridges the gap between grains
Mantle plumes rise to the occasion
Monthly highlights from the year in physics
Read article: Neutrinos could probe Earth’s structure
Technique would be more direct than seismology
