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News: October 2006
Mobile-phone network reveals the ties that bind
Oct 31, 2006
Statistical-mechanical study of mobile-phone use suggests that casual aquaintances keep social networks together
On the case of the "missing" helium
Oct 27, 2006
Computer simulation of low-mass stars could explain the shorftall in the measured amount of helium-3 in the cosmos
3D solar satellites blast off
Oct 26, 2006
A NASA mission with a unique view of the Sun will improve predictions of violent space weather
Underwater sound breaks the surface
Oct 24, 2006
Calculations challenge long-held belief that sound is not transmitted from water to air
Microparticles feel the pinch
Oct 20, 2006
Optical tweezers have been used to measure the refractive index of a single microparticle
Invisibility cloak unveiled in the US
Oct 19, 2006
Researchers take an important step towards a true cloak of invisibility
Researchers discover element 118
Oct 19, 2006
Controversy surrounding the heaviest known element comes to a close
Bubbles never forget
Oct 18, 2006
The singularities of bubble formation could shed light on black holes or supernovae
Splashing out against tumours
Oct 18, 2006
The physics of splashing water could lead to more effective cancer treatments
"Smust" soaks up ethane on Titan
Oct 12, 2006
Ethane on Saturn's largest moon Titan could be bound up in dusty smog particles, or "smust".
Now you see it, now you don't
Oct 5, 2006
Danish physicists have managed to light-up a cloud of atoms using light teleported from a source half a metre away.
Virus boosts nanoparticle memory
Oct 4, 2006
Computers of the future could be infected with the tobacco mosaic virus
Physicist proves it’s location, location, location
Oct 3, 2006
Statistical mechanics provides surprising insights into where people shop
Quantum encryption sets long-distance record
Oct 3, 2006
The absolute distance record for dispatching a quantum key has been exceeded by more than 50%.
Nobel prize shared for cosmic microwave background studies
Oct 3, 2006
Mather and Smoot win Nobel Prize in Physics for shedding light on the origins of the Universe
