Articles
A mostly complete list of published articles, last updated 16 November 2011.
2011
Freelance
14 December 2011. Chemistry World. Artificial intelligence for quantum chemistry
13 December 2011. New Scientist. Facial recognition software spots family resemblance
8 December 2011. Science NOW. Self-lubrication speeds avalanches
6 December 2011. Physics World. String theory calculations describe 'birth of universe'
29 November 2011. Chemistry World. Print quality CNT transistors
25 November 2011. COSMOS. Cosmic rays may be born in superbubbles
22 November 2011. Physics World. Physics of writing derived at last
16 November 2011. Science NOW. Flexible ears help bats tune in
15 November 2011. Chemistry World. Shedding light on ultracold reactions in space
7 November 2011. Chemistry World. Spotting artery damage before a heart attack
4 November 2011. Science NOW. Fundamental constant may depend on where you are in the Universe
3 November 2011. Physics World. Memristor memory could be used in wearable electronics
26 October 2011. Chemistry World. Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control
19 October 2011. Chemistry World. Ironing out wrinkles in graphene nanoribbon fabrication
30 September 2011. Nature. The seven suns of Rome
Sept/Oct 2011. Imagine. Physics is...
22 September 2011. ScienceNOW. Physicists devise perfect magnetic shield
21 September 2011. Chemistry World. Laser can detect explosive traces
16 September 2011. Physics World. Quantum Hall confirmation
15 September 2011. New Scientist. Oil and gas careers project.
- Fuelling the energy industry
- Exploration to refinery - who's who
- A position in oil and gas
- Supply, demand, and jobs
- Case study: the entrepreneur
- Case study: the new recruit
- Case study: the man from the multinational
14 September 2011. Physics World. Black holes act as galactic thermostats
1 September 2011. COSMOS. 'Impossible' ancient star defies models
18 August 2011. Physics World. Cubic neutrons might find it hip to be square
11 August 2011. Physics World. Hi-tech tattoos could monitor brain waves
11 August 2011. ScienceNOW. Pushing light beyond light speed
10 August 2011. Chemistry World. Building flexoelectric effect from the ground up
9 August 2011. Physics World. LEDs illuminate room with data
2 August 2011. Chemistry World. Hacking into chemical cell phone calls
1 August 2011. New Scientist. Live disc implant could kill back pain
1 August 2011. Physics World. Extraterrestrial life could be extremely rare
27 July 2011. COSMOS. Physicists zero in on Higgs boson hiding place
26 July 2011. Chemistry World. Transparent lithium ion batteries
22 July 2011. Chemistry World. Self-assembling DNA carves out niche
22 July 2011. COSMOS. Evolved stars locked in fatalistic dance
22 July 2011. ScienceNOW. A submarine that doesn't make waves
15 July 2011. New Scientist. Dark energy fingerprints found on cosmic radiation
15 July 2011. ScienceNOW. A high-bandwidth interplanetary connection
12 July 2011. Chemistry World. Bit part for diethylfluormalonate in reaction model
11 July 2011. Physics World. How to make a superlens from cola cans
6 July 2011. New Scientist. Natural antioxidants could scupper tumour's detox
6 July 2011. Physics World. Quantum memory works at room temperature
16 June 2011. Chemistry World. Nanomaterial dust no worse than the rest
16 June 2011. Physics World. Peer pressure keeps young planets growing
April-May 2011. I wrote and laid out a report for the European Commission on behalf of CERN's Super LHC Preparatory Phase (SLHC-PP) project. The pdf can be found on the SLHC-PP website.
24 May 2011. New Scientist. Confusion over nuclear fission
19 May 2011. New Scientist. Weird unparticle boosted by Tevatron signal
16 May 2011. New Scientist. Graphene may reveal the grain of spacetime
18 April 2011. Chemistry World. Shaping crystals with bio-tools
13 April 2011. Chemistry World. Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics
12 April 2011. Physics World. Crystallography reveals nature's antifreeze
4 April 2011. Physics World. Thin film's 'astonishing' ability to rotate light
31 March 2011. Chemistry World. Water result for Li battery technology
27 March 2011. Chemistry World. Nanotubes make 'exceptional' strain sensor
25 March 2011. Physics World. Heaviest antimatter ever discovered
23 March 2011. New Scientist. Proton puzzle: trouble at the atom's heart (feature)
10 March 2011. Chemistry World. Aerosol data from BP oil spill
7 March 2011. Physics World. 'Jumping' artificial atom is tracked in real time
2 March 2011. New Scientist. Sweat ducts make skin a memristor
2 March 2011. New Scientist. Shaped pulses make opaque material see-through
23 February 2011. Nature News. Testing the expanding universe
22 February 2011. Physics World. Will the LHC find supersymmetry?
16 February 2011. Physics World. Metamaterial breaks refraction record
2 February 2011. New Scientist. Atomic disguise makes helium look like hydrogen
1 February 2011. Nature News. Superfluid state for young neutron star?
1 February 2011. Physics World. Theorists turn to graphene for clues to Higgs
31 January 2011. New Scientist blogs. LHC's planned upgrade delayed by a year
27 January 2011. New Scientist blogs. Parallel parking for pedestrian health
6 January 2011. New Scientist. Clusters show how first cells could have divided
2010
Freelance
21 December 2010. New Scientist. Thinnest camera ever sees like a trilobite
17 December 2010. New Scientist. No black holes found at LHC – yet
15 December 2010. Physics World. Quantum theory survives latest challenge
14 December 2010. New Scientist. Metamaterials offer path through looking glass
9 December 2010. New Scientist. Infrared add-on could let cameras see cancer
6 December 2010. New Scientist. 'Lightfoil' soars on a stream of photons
29 November 2010. Physics World. Dark matter linked with missing antimatter
24 November 2010. New Scientist. Sea of photons act as one 'super-photon'
18 November 2010. New Scientist. New evidence for weird quantum supersolid
17 November 2010. New Scientist. Antihydrogen trapped at long last
17 November 2010. New Scientist. Mirror trick could boost Blu-Ray discs
16 November 2010. New Scientist. How to cloak a crime in a beam of light
New Scientist Internship
22 October 2010. Galaxies get real when the dark side warms up
20 October 2010. All-electric spintronic semiconductor devices created
11 October 2010. Giant Antarctic balloon sees surprise cosmic rays
7 October 2010. First frictionless superfluid molecules created
30 September 2010. Random numbers created out of nothing
23 September 2010. Large proton halo sparks devilish row
22 September 2010. How wind may have parted the sea for Moses
22 September 2010. Just chillin – molecules that steady quantum computers
22 September 2010. Large Hadron Collider spies hints of infant universe
18 September 2010. World's smallest fridge could chill quantum computers
14 September 2010. Quark excitement: LHC surpasses rivals for first time
14 September 2010. M-theory: Doubts linger over godless multiverse
8 September 2010. Exotic matter could show up in the LHC this year
1 September 2010. For self healing concrete, just add bacteria and food
27 August 2010. Black holes + dark matter = light
26 August 2010. Human cannonball astronaut: my rocket is my clothes
20 August 2010. Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe (lead story)
19 August 2010. Infrared chlorophyll could boost solar cells
19 August 2010. First gold-iron alloy shows power of magnetic attraction
18 August 2010. Atom images raise quantum computer hopes
17 August 2010. Milky Way magnets solve cosmic ray conundrum
11 August 2010. Atomic Jenga could turn domestic refrigerators green
3 August 2010. Cheap lasers could capture electrons in motion
16 July 2010. Silicon chip speed record broken on lead-coated track
7 July 2010. Incredible shrinking proton raises eyebrows
7 July 2010. Microwave universe: Planck's first hi-res image
2 July 2010. Supernovae don't make the biggest atoms
2 July 2010. How the moon got its whiskers
30 June 2010. The long quest for the origin of mass (Book review) (blog version)
23 June 2010. Wanna build a quantum computer? Try silicon wafers
23 June 2010. Free-falling atoms will put relativity to the test
15 June 2010. Aspirin and dental floss: homespun high energy physics
15 June 2010. Thank the Soviets for Afghan mineral bounty
9 June 2010. Deter quantum hackers by hiding the photon keys
9 June 2010. Snake populations plummet
2 June 2010. DNA logic gates herald injectable computers
27 May 2010. DNA replication... without life
26 May 2010. Muon whose army? A tiny particle's big moment (feature)
26 May 2010. Giant airship to carry science back to 1930s
17 May 2010. Mysterious ball lightning may be a hallucination
12 May 2010. Quantum space monster leaps from a gravity well
9 May 2010. Eye-squint-cheek-bulge means 'ouch'
6 May 2010. Evolution gave flawed eye better vision
5 May 2010. Earth's twisted heart changes the length of the day
30 April 2010. Melting icebergs boost sea-level rise
28 April 2010.Bubble-blowing black holes explain stellar dearth
23 April 2010. Decaying beauty spied for first time by LHC
21 April 2010. World's third-largest dam gets the go-ahead
Freelance
14 April 2010. New Scientist. Entangle qubits for a true random number machine
7 April 2010. Chemistry World. New form for an old fuel
17 February 2010. New Scientist. Atomic fountain reveals gravitational red shift
7 February 2010. Chemistry World. Closure on a knotty problem
3 February 2010. New Scientist. Nature's hot green quantum computers revealed
24 January 2010. New Scientist. Pebble splashes break the speed of sound
22 January 2010. Chemistry World. Chaos at French nanotech debates
15 January 2010. Chemistry World. Capturing carbon with copper
8 January 2010. New Scientist. How to make a liquid invisibility cloak
ATLAS e-News
27 April 2010. Changing the TRT gas
13 April 2010. Need for speed, Profile: Rachid Mazini
29 March 2010. Profile: JB Blanchard
8 March 2010. A particle primer
22 February 2010. Profile: Rolf Seuster
9 February 2010. Celebrating women at CERN
25 January 2010. Can't stop the run. Profile: François Butin
13 January 2010. Weltmaschine in Heidelberg. Profile: Attila Krasznahorkay
2009
Freelance
26 November 2009. New Scientist. Superconductors can come in from the cold
4 November 2009. New Scientist. Switzerland, career paradise
August 2009. Symmetry. Not a moment to lose at the LHC
24 July 2009. New Scientist. How to make ice melt at -180°C
19 June 2009. Physics Buzz Podcast. Maxwell's Demon is back
ATLAS e-News
14 December 2009. First physics with the LHC
30 November 2009. Beam is back
16 November 2009. Analysis tutorials, Profile: Yongsheng Gao
2 November 2009. Monte Carlo 09 presses on, Profile: Hans Peter Beck
20 October 2009. Complete for 2009
5 October 2009. Accelerator on track, Profile: Sandra Horvat
26 September 2009. An impromptu poster competition
7 September 2009. Profile: Lidia Smirnova
27 July 2009. TRT track trigger
13 July 2009. LHC plans and schedule, ATLAS 'til beam, Profile: George Mikenberg
29 June 2009. Return of the ID Compressors, Profile: Brigitte Epp
2 June 2009. Category 1: on shift
18 May 2009. The good, the bad, and the flawed
4 May 2009. Profile: Marco Aurelio Diaz
23 April 2009. Cavern roundup, Earthquakes in Abruzzi
6 April 2009. A day in our shoes, Profile: Borut Kersevan
26 March 2009. A comic takes on CERN
9 March 2009. A mural of ATLAS, Profile: Stanislav Němeček
25 February 2009. New focus on Equal Opportunities, Party for Peter
9 February 2009. Profile: ATLAS Secretariat
26 January 2009. Address of the new Director General, Profile: Eric Eisenhandler
12 January 2009. Making ATLAS accessible again, Infrastructure maintenance
2008
Freelance
November 2008. Symmetry Magazine. Commentary: rapping physics
5 November 2008. New Scientist. A fresh start in the Alps
22 October 2008. New Scientist Blog. LHC broken, but officially inaugurated with rhymes
September 2008. Symmetry Magazine. Life at the LHC reaches fever pitch
13 August 2008. New Scientist Tech. Spin flip trick points to fastest RAM yet
31 July 2008. New Scientist Tech. Solar cell material can soak up more Sun
25 June 2008. New Scientist. Physicists atom-sorting 'demon' created with lasers
18 June 2008. New Scientist. Stressed chimps like a cuddle as much as we do
11 June 2008. New Scientist Tech. 'Electron turbine' could print designer molecules
ATLAS e-News
15 December 2008. Power down
8 December 2008. Update on the LHC, On the TGC overpressure
1 December 2008. Tier-0 on task, Profile: Chris Oram
18 November 2008. ATLAS in silver
10 November 2008. LUCID's electronics relocate
3 November 2008. Beam watch: fighting noise in the Beam Conditions Monitor
28 October 2008. LHC officially inaugurated, Classical physicists
20 October 2008. Update on the LHC, Back underground
13 October 2008. Celebrating start-up
6 October 2008. Update on the LHC
29 September 2008. Grid running strong, Profile: Soshi Tsuno
15 September 2008. First beam day
8 September 2008. Media day, Profile: Vato Kartvelishvili
[Break for August]
22 July 2008. End Cap Toroid goes under the knife, Last detector connected
14 July 2008. Cleaning out the cavern, Profile: Ferdinand Hahn
1 July 2008. Choosing the next spokesperson, Making ATLAS pop
23 June 2008. Focusing our working groups toward first data, Pipe down!
16 June 2008. Data ready: the Grid meets its Challenge
9 June 2008. Unleashing Athena, Profile: Troels Petersen
2 June 2008. Measuring space muons
27 May 2008. Pixel progress
As US LHC Communicator (okay one is from 2007)
December 2007. Symmetry Magazine. Life among the physics tribes
2 April 2008. Live Science. Building a machine to search for cosmic secrets
11 April 2008. Live Science. Physicists gear up for huge data flow
22 February 2008. Fermilab Today. Nebraska physicists track particles with pixels
2007
Freelance
December 2007. Discover Magazine. Beetle of Many Colors
At the American Physical Society
October 2007. APS News. US Physics Team Brings Back Medals and Memoriesfrom Iran
August/September. APS News. Blewett Scholarship Awarded to Archana Dubey
21 August 2007. Physical Review Focus. Watching an object go quantum
9 August 2007. Tip Sheet. Washboard roads happen
26 July 2007. Tip Sheet. Stronger evidence for human origin of global warming
11 July 2007. Tip Sheet. Microscopic polystyrene balls – now jet-propelled!
July 2007. APS News. US Physics Team Trains for Competition in Iran
18 June 2008. Tip Sheet. High-performance energy storage, Air pressure matters when landing on sandy planets
12 June 2007. Tip sheet. Pendulum finds virtual soulmate, Music: Mirror of the mind
29 May 2007. Tip Sheet. Learning, memory, and progress toward a living chip




