Cambridge cosmologist says his switch to the Canadian centre is the "opportunity of a lifetime"

Conference: 30 Mar 2009 - 2 Apr 2009, Coventry, United Kingdom. Organized by The Biological Physics, Liquids and Complex Fluids and Polymer Physics Groups of the Institute of Physics.

Conference: 30 Mar 2009 - 2 Apr 2009, Reading, United Kingdom. Organized by Thin Films and Surfaces Group of the Institute of Physics together with the Solid Surfaces Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Conference: 17 Dec 2008 - 18 Dec 2008, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Organized by Jane Lowe.

Conference: 5 Oct 2009 - 9 Oct 2009, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Organized by Optics and Photonics Division.

Conference: 15 Sep 2008 - 16 Sep 2008, Warwick, United Kingdom. Organized by BRSG: The Magnetic Resonance Group of the Institute of Physics.

Conference: 15 Sep 2008 - 16 Sep 2008, Warwick, United Kingdom. Organized by BRSG: The Magnetic Resonance Group of the Institute of Physics.

Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water

Interim chief accepts permanent position and plans to continue hard-nosed approach to project overruns

The ability to modify an atom-laser beam should open up avenues in quantum information

Conference: 23 Jun 2008 - 25 Jun 2008, Guildford, United Kingdom. Organized by Nuclear Physics Group of the Institute of Physics.

Forty-seven years ago today, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space

Traversing cosmological distances without bending or energy loss, high-energy neutrinos are messengers from extreme astrophysical environments.

In 1968, Tantalus emerged as the first particle accelerator fully dedicated to synchrotron light experiments. Its development was marked by lucky coincidences and the visionary intuition of its principal constructor and director, Ednor Rowe.

Electromagnetic waves at the surface of a metal have the enormous bandwidth of a light pulse and can be channeled into circuit components smaller than the diffraction limit.

Similarities with the cuprates presage higher transition temperatures. Differences provide a fresh perspective on electron-mediated pairing.

The observations of water and organic molecules may help astronomers explore the structure and dynamics of the disks that ultimately evolve into solar systems.

Academic red tape, bickering over rights to inventions, and attractive terms abroad are limiting growth in industry-sponsored research at US universities.

Any US site that produces molybdenum-99, a parent to the radioisotope used in 70-80% of medical imaging, would use low-enriched uranium, which could aid nonproliferation by prodding suppliers in other countries to do the same.

The NRDC says next-generation radiation monitors could be thwarted by modest shielding.