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Low-carbon technologies ‘no quick-fix’, say researchers

16 February 2012

A drastic switch to low carbon-emitting technologies, such as wind and hydroelectric power, may not yield a reduction in global warming until the latter part of this century, research published today suggests

Despite overall decline, physics applications are on the rise

3 February 2012

Figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) have confirmed that there has been an increase in the number of students applying to begin a physics course at a UK university this year

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

3 February 2012

Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response and resistance to therapies

Funding gap should be bridged to help scientists in developing countries

1 February 2012

The Department for International Development (DfID) could help scientists in developing countries by offering small grants to help enhance already successful projects

February's Physics World: The future of Fermilab

1 February 2012

What future projects are in the pipeline now that the lab’s Tevatron particle accelerator has closed for good

UK researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite

28 January 2012

The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite – an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets – has baffled researchers in recent years by showing weak signs of magnetism

Scientists create first free-standing 3D cloak

26 January 2012

Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality

Managing research information: one size does not fit all

25 January 2012

Research councils, publishing houses, libraries and learned societies need to tailor their efforts to help physical scientists gather, manage and share research information