Read article '50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory'
50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory
Ian Aitchison reviews in 2005 50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory.
Read article '50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory'
Read article 'Uppsala 2005: leptons, photons and a lot more'
Uppsala 2005: leptons, photons and a lot more
The biennial Lepton-Photon conference was held in Uppsala on 30 June - 5 July. The talks erected the impressive edifice known as the Standard Model and showed that experimental ingenuity has not yet s...
Read article 'An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe'
An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe
Luis Alvarez-Gaume reviews in 2005 An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe.
Read article 'Double dose of magic proves key to element production'
Double dose of magic proves key to element production
Researchers at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) have reported the first measurement of the half-life of nickel-78.
Read article 'Model suggests dark energy is an illusion'
Model suggests dark energy is an illusion
Arguably the most fascinating question in modern cosmology is why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
Read article 'Physics in the Italian Alps'
Physics in the Italian Alps
In February, 120 physicists travelled to the mountain village of La Thuile in Italy to discuss results and perspectives in particle physics. Michael Koratzinos reports.
Read article 'Exploiting the synergy between great and small'
Exploiting the synergy between great and small
Cosmological discoveries shed new light on the nature of fundamental particles, and vice versa. This synergy between the greatest and the smallest components of the universe was the subject of the 200...
Read article 'Particles meet cosmology and strings in Boston'
Particles meet cosmology and strings in Boston
PASCOS 2004 is the latest in the symposium series that brings together disciplines from the frontier areas of modern physics.
Read article 'The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking’s 60th Birthday'
The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking’s 60th Birthday
Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday was celebrated in Cambridge, UK, with a meeting attended by many well-known theoretical physicists. This volume is based on lectures given at the meeting.
Read article 'Finding the real world in a foam bath'
Finding the real world in a foam bath
A new approach to simulating quantum geometry suggests that starting with a random froth, one might expect a world of three dimensions of space and one of time to appear naturally at large scales.
