Icicles and hot air
Here’s two things that you probably don’t know about icicles — they are usually filled with liquid water and their shapes are defined by hot air. So says a theory put forth by Martin...
A new spin on windmills
Windmills could someday reduce net global carbon dioxide emissions to zero, says Klaus Lackner of Columbia University. But these aren’t the sort of windmills that generate electricity. Instead, ...
Rocky Mountain physics
I arrived in Denver on Saturday and had a fantastic Sunday touring the mountains with an old physicist friend of mine who lives just outside of the city. While most of our tour involved taking in the ...
Read article: Photon06 Exhibition Show Guide
Photon06 Exhibition Show Guide
The UK’s premier conference in optics and photonics
In search of fun
Looking for laughs in physics
Review of the year
PhysicsWeb looks back at 2005
Vacuum challenges and solutions
Reliability and innovation are touchstones for the vacuum industry in the 21st century. Reliability is needed to get the most out of expensive manufacturing equipment, while innovation is essential to...
Software challenges and solutions
Welcome to e-Science, the Grid and more
Einstein calling
The Physics 2005 conference
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Do you play dice?
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