To celebrate 30 years since Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the idea of a World Wide Web, this special collection explores how scientists are exploiting digital technologies to help understand online behaviour and to drive research progress
Tim Berners-Lee predicts the future of online publishing in an article he wrote for Physics World in 1992
Join Physics World in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Web with our online collection and a special issue of your favourite magazine
Physics World journalists discuss the week’s highlights
Federico Carminati, computer physicist at CERN openlab, talks to Tushna Commissariat about career opportunities in high-energy physics and computing
An ongoing debate in artificial-intelligence research reveals productive interactions between cognitive scientists and philosophers, says Robert P Crease
Feature in the March issue of Physics World investigates the dark side of social media
As data-intensive research becomes more widespread, more physicists are grappling with large datasets. Paul Kassebaum describes how one research group met the challenge
Janelle Shane outlines the promises and pitfalls of machine-learning algorithms based on the structure of the human brain
The integration of Watson for Oncology into Elekta's MOSAIQ exploits artificial intelligence to standardize and increase access to cancer care
Deep learning could speed up detection of hidden signals
Researchers have applied data mining techniques to rapidly classify biomolecular structures directly from scattering data
Artificial neural networks increase throughput for super-resolution microscopy with high temporal resolution
A talk about world travel patterns at the APS March meeting raises fascinating questions about how and where people choose to go
Simulations uncover signatures in gravitational-wave spectra of a postulated phase transition in neutron star mergers
Agents in key locations could restore the orderly flow of people
As materials science reaps sustained rewards from focusing on interfaces, researchers can now access a technical note to guide them through modelling these systems
Some experiments just can't be done, so scientists turn to analogues. Matthew Francis discusses how these simpler systems can be used to study the complex
Simulations reveal how objects get stuck even though fluid flows freely
We present a new mathematical-physics page, where we have compiled a wide range of research from more than 10 specialist journals. We have included the latest articles, reviews, special issues, video abstracts and other features from this diverse discipline of research.
