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News: February 2006
Artificial atoms amplify light
Feb 28, 2006
A new way to amplify light could make lasers more efficient
Physicists learn how to "teleclone"
Feb 24, 2006
It is possible to clone a quantum state and then send it to different destinations
Entanglement heats up
Feb 23, 2006
Physicists calculate that entanglement should be possible at any temperature
Lab boss makes surprise exit
Feb 22, 2006
The director of the Brookhaven laboratory in the US quits just as physicists look forward to big funding rises
Astronomers find a mixed-up solar system
Feb 21, 2006
A solar system in the making could eventually contain planets orbiting in different directions
New type of star discovered
Feb 15, 2006
Rotating neutron stars that emit irregular bursts of radiowaves could outnumber conventional pulsars
Nanotubes break superconducting record
Feb 14, 2006
Certain nanotubes lose all electrical resistance at temperatures of 12K
The importance of staying clean
Feb 10, 2006
Ultra-thin layers of silicon can conduct -- but only if clean
Calculating with Bose condensates
Feb 8, 2006
Condensates could be used to experimentally observe the roots of random polynomials
Theorists claim dark energy does not exist
Feb 7, 2006
A new model of gravity explains the acceleration of the universe without dark energy
Fluid lenses feel the pressure
Feb 3, 2006
Physicists develop a variable-focus lens that would be ideal for mobile-phone cameras and other devices
Quantum gravity for real
Feb 2, 2006
Theorists propose a concrete test for quantum gravity by measuring the properties of a dying star
And then there were ten?
Feb 1, 2006
New evidence gives added support for a tenth planet in our solar system
