Science strikes on-line deal with China
The deal was hatched in discussions between Ellis Rubinstein, editor of Science , and Zhou Guangzhao, president of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology. A group of Chinese funding agenci...
Small in size, high on impact
Secrets of success One of the reasons for this high impact is that Scandinavian physicists specialize in niche areas. According to Ole Hansen, director of the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of...
Changes to PhysicsWeb
New features will be added to PhysicsWeb over the next few months to enhance the service offered to users.
New features on PhysicsWeb
Registration is free for members of the Institute of Physics and individual Physics World subscribers. A standalone subscription to PhysicsWeb costs £25. Free trial registrations are also availab...
Researching the Web
On page 98 of the April 3 issue of Science Steve Lawrence and Lee Giles of the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, report that no search engine covers more that one third of the 320 milli...
Einstein’s papers
This volume, sixth in an ongoing series of works by Princeton University Press, contains some of Albert Einstein’s more important papers on quantum theory and general relativity. Early versions ...
How to deal with mistakes
Luckily the literature is not like a barrel of apples and one bad paper will not ruin all of the others. There are also different types of mistakes with different consequences. Deliberate mistakes are...
New look, same standards
“Evolution not revolution” was the motto as we set about redesigning Physics World earlier this year. After nine years with the same design we felt that a new look was long overdue –...
Reality is not a hoax
A year ago, as last June’s Physics World was going to press, our North American correspondent contacted us with a late-breaking story about Alan Sokal, a physicist at New York University who had...
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This is the 100th issue of Physics World. The occasion is marked by a small section that starts with an article by Philip Campbell, who edited the first 85 issues of Physics World before leaving to be...
