Read article: Protein crystallography: the human genome in 3-D
Developments in X-ray crystallography and progress in the production of good-quality protein crystals are leading to important advances in our knowledge of protein structure and function
Read article: Gamma-ray bursts
The discovery of visible light from gamma-ray bursts has revealed that these puzzling objects lie among the most distant quasars and galaxies in the universe
Read article: Fundamentals of quantum information
The laws of quantum mechanics can be used to process and transmit information in ways that are not possible with existing systems, Anton Zeilinger says
Read article: Paul Dirac: the purest soul in physics
Paul Dirac published the first of his papers on "The Quantum Theory of the Electron" 70 years ago this month. The Dirac equation, derived in those papers, is one of the most important equations in phy...
Read article: Light emission moves into the blue
Shuji Nakamura describes the advances that enabled his group to develop blue light-emitting diodes and lasers
Read article: Carbon nanotubes
Theory suggests that carbon nanotubes have a variety of useful properties, and experiments to test these predictions are just becoming possible
Read article: Neutrons for the future
If plans to build the European Spallation Source are successful it will be the world's most powerful neutron source and will revolutionize many areas of experimental science
Like their colleagues in many other countries, Australian physicists are in the midst of a funding crisis. Peter Pockley reports on their attempts to fight back
Many scientists regard people's fascination with the supernatural as harmless nonsense. Tony Jones meets a physicist who confronts proponents of paranormal beliefs
Nathan Myhrvold was once Stephen Hawking's postdoc - now he is chief technology officer at Microsoft. Peter Gwynne discovers the secrets of his success
