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In June's Physics World: Europe needs to engage and invest in national R&D budgets
In June’s edition of Physics World Portugal’s former science and technology minister, José Mariano Gago, calls for more investment in, and engagement with, national science budgets in light of the European Union’s (EU) stagnated investment. Gago also proposes a totally independent and credible “observatory” that would analyse national science policies and science budgets across Europe […]
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In May's Physics World: Researchers tackle collapsing bridges with new technology
In this month’s issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic collapses. Michele Brun, Alexander Movchan, Ian Jones and Ross McPhedran describe a “wave bypass” technique that has many similarities to those being used by researchers looking […]
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"Spooky action at a distance" aboard the ISS
Albert Einstein famously described quantum entanglement as “spooky action at distance”; however, up until now experiments that examine this peculiar aspect of physics have been limited to relatively small distances on Earth. In a new study published today, 9 April, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of Physics, researchers have […]
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April's Physics World: Physics makes a big impact in brain-injury research
From battlefields to playing fields, worries over traumatic brain injury (TBI) have intensified recently as it has become clear that heavy knocks to the head – whether from bomb detonations or crunching sports tackles – can have serious long-term consequences. In this month’s issue of Physics World, Sidney Perkowitz, Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus at […]
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Feynman's double-slit experiment brought to life
Image: T.Weitkamp The precise methodology of Richard Feynman’s famous double-slit thought-experiment – a cornerstone of quantum mechanics that showed how electrons behave as both a particle and a wave – has been followed in full for the very first time. Although the particle-wave duality of electrons has been demonstrated in a number of different ways […]
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March's Physics World : Space race underway to create quantum satellite
In this month’s special edition of Physics World, focusing on quantum physics, Thomas Jennewein and Brendon Higgins from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Canada, describe how a quantum space race is under way to create the world’s first global quantum-communication network. The field of quantum communication – the science of […]
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February's Physics World: Doubt cast on Sir Bernard Lovell's 'brainwashing'
In this month’s edition of Physics World, science writer Richard Corfield casts doubt on the alleged “brainwashing” of the late British astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell by the Soviets at the height of the Cold War and explains how his trips beyond the Iron Curtain laid the foundations for the easing of geopolitical tensions between the […]
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Researchers analyse 'rock dissolving' method of geoengineering
The benefits and side effects of dissolving particles in our ocean’s surfaces to increase the marine uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2), and therefore reduce the excess amount of it in the atmosphere, have been analysed in a new study published today. The study, published today, 22 January, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, assesses […]
