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In June’s issue of Physics World: Physics to be ‘new front in the war on cancer’
In the 40 years since Richard Nixon declared a “war on cancer”, morbidity and mortality rates have stayed depressingly constant but, as Paul Davies writes exclusively in June’s Physics World, physics is now transpiring to be the weapon of choice. Davies, director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in [...]
Physics World celebrates 50 years of the laser
To mark the 50th anniversary of the laser, May’s Physics World is a special issue to celebrate this hugely influential technology. From James Bond to laser art shows, we look at the ubiquity of this device in popular culture. We also relive the race to build the world’s first working laser – a story still [...]
New physicsworld.com online lecture: Are we alone in the universe?
For 50 years, astronomers have been sweeping the skies with radio telescopes in the hope of stumbling across a message from an alien civilization. So far, they have been greeted by an eerie silence. So are we alone in the universe after all, or might the scientists be looking for the wrong thing in the [...]
New physicsworld.com webinar – Why software fails, and how to fix it
Millions of lines of code have been developed to support scientific research. Although an increasingly important part of almost all research projects, most of this software is barely fit for purpose compared with equivalent systems in the commercial world. The code is hard to understand and maintain, lacking documentation and version control, and is continually [...]
Today’s physics news: Thursday, 17 June