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Physics World
Two decades on Mar 29
Research into high-temperature superconductors should focus on experiment, not theory
The Mpemba effect Mar 29
Seemingly simple questions can lead to unexpected answers
A future for nuclear power Mar 29
Two decades after the Chernobyl accident, Tony Goddard believes that nuclear power must continue to be used to generate electricity
Does hot water freeze first? Mar 29
Since the time of Aristotle, some scientists have claimed that hot water freezes faster than cold. Philip Ball looks at current attempts to shed light on this puzzling phenomenon
Quantum turbulence Mar 29
The study of turbulence in quantum fluids could lead to a better understanding of turbulence in normal fluids, as Shaun Fisher and George Pickett reveal
Staying in tune with physics Mar 29
A better understanding of the human voice is changing the way singing is learned, performed and recorded, explains David Howard
Pushing nuclei to the extreme Mar 29
New experimental facilities are allowing researchers to create exotic nuclei and explore their structure and role in stars, as Paul Stevenson and Phil Walker explain
Reviews
Blue-sky thinking Mar 29
Sky in a Bottle
Peter Pesic
2005 MIT Press 262pp £16.50/$24.95hb
Getting into the swing Mar 29
The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics
Gregory L Baker and James A Blackburn
2005 Oxford University Press 300pp £45.00/$99.50hb
Shelf life: Luciano Maiani Mar 29
Luciano Maiani is at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and the INFN, Rome, Italy. He was director-general of CERN between 1999 and 2003
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