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physicsworld.com Contents: March 2013<br />
Random universe? – a quantum problem 29<br />
Ultracold atoms – quantum simulators 47–51<br />
On the cover<br />
Quantum frontiers: peering into an ever<br />
weirder world 23–56<br />
(The Comic Stripper)<br />
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Quanta 3<br />
Frontiers 4<br />
Indistinguishable electrons ● Neutrons on demand ● How many dominoes would<br />
topple a cathedral? ● Mobile networks map rainfall ● A double-helix archive<br />
News & Analysis 6<br />
Panel opts for RHIC closure ● NASA joins ESA dark-energy mission ● Chu resigns<br />
as US energy secretary ● Canadian astronaut joins quantum venture ● 71bn for<br />
10-year graphene project ● New institutes join online physics course ● Cumbria<br />
ditches nuclear-waste plan ● South Korea launches science satellite ● China unveils<br />
16 mega projects ● New lab for UK’s NPL ● Study finds evidence of duplicate grant<br />
submissions ● Croatia passes science reforms ● L’Aquila judge publishes verdict<br />
Feedback 19<br />
Letters about networking and the state of physics education in India, plus<br />
comments from physicsworld.com on human hearing<br />
Quantum frontiers<br />
Critical Point 25<br />
The quantum moment Robert P Crease<br />
Forum 29<br />
Agreeing to disagree Maximilian Schlosshauer<br />
The curious state of quantum physics 30<br />
Vlatko Vedral reminds us of the long-standing big unanswered questions about<br />
quantum physics and rounds up the latest developments in quantum research<br />
In praise of weakness 35<br />
A novel paradigm for studying the quantum world, known as weak measurement,<br />
has steadily been gaining hold over the last 20 years. Aephraim Steinberg, Amir<br />
Feizpour, Lee Rozema, Dylan Mahler and Alex Hayat outline its exciting potential<br />
Nature’s quantum subways 42<br />
Jim Al-Khalili reveals our latest understanding of DNA mutation on the molecular<br />
level, which looks to involve quantum tunnelling as a fundamental first step<br />
Quantum leaps for simulation 47<br />
Immanuel Bloch describes how recent experiments with ultracold atoms bring us<br />
closer to realizing Richard Feynman’s dream of a universal quantum simulator<br />
The quantum space race 52<br />
Quantum communication is set to enter space, as groups around the world pursue<br />
the concept of a quantum satellite, write Thomas Jennewein and Brendon Higgins<br />
Reviews 59<br />
Learn with Leonard Susskind ● Freeman Dyson’s iconoclastic career<br />
● Web life: The Quantum Exchange<br />
Graduate Careers 67<br />
Soft landings: the skills you didn’t know you had<br />
● All the latest graduate vacancies and courses<br />
Recruitment 81<br />
Lateral Thoughts 84<br />
The incomprehensibility principle Gordon Fraser<br />
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