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News: March 2006

Galaxy simulation breaks new ground

Mar 31, 2006

Astronomers have performed one of the world's largest astrophysics calculations to date

Nanoscale boost for superwires

Mar 30, 2006

Short superconducting wires can carry large currents and work in strong magnetic fields

Nanoparticles join a new league

Mar 29, 2006

Algorithm gives clues to the 3D structures of tiny particles

Optical rotation sheds light on vacuum

Mar 27, 2006

Empty space can cause light to rotate in the presence of a large magnetic field

New look for comets

Mar 24, 2006

"Main-belt comets" may hold clues to the origins of Earth's oceans

Surface plasmons squeeze light

Mar 23, 2006

A new class of waveguide could overcome one of the biggest obstacles to photonic circuits

Incoherent boost for light surgery

Mar 22, 2006

Scientists have demonstrated a cheap alternative to laser surgery

Geomagnetic flip may not be random after all

Mar 21, 2006

Pole reversals reveal "memory" of previous events

New direction for cosmic radiation

Mar 17, 2006

WMAP has released its latest view of the radiation left over from the Big Bang

Hurricane intensity linked to warmer oceans

Mar 16, 2006

Higher sea surface temperatures could be responsible for the big rise in the strength of hurricanes

Bosons form quantum threesome

Mar 15, 2006

Physicists have confirmed a rare prediction of a three-body "Efimov" state

Barrow lifts religion prize

Mar 15, 2006

Cambridge cosmologist scoops £795,000 Templeton prize

Mars mission passes key test

Mar 13, 2006

A powerful new probe to study the history of Martian water has begun to orbit the Red Planet

Tiny motor turns giant rods

Mar 10, 2006

New nanoscale motor can rotate objects 10,000 times its own size

Inner-ear mystery solved

Mar 14, 2006

The cochlea looks like a spiral so we can hear low-frequency sounds better

How to calculate hardness

Mar 9, 2006

New calculations could consign the "diamond test" to history

The oldest explosion in the universe

Mar 8, 2006

Astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst that took place 12.8 billion years ago

Antiproton co-discoverer dies

Mar 7, 2006

Owen Chamberlain passes away in Berkeley at the age of 85

Towards entangled-photon LEDs

Mar 6, 2006

Quantum dots emit entangled photons with vastly improved efficiency

Keeping cool with oxide films

Mar 3, 2006

Scientists discover an effective form of cooling using electric fields

Milky Way X-ray mystery solved

Mar 2, 2006

Millions of stars could be the cause of the X-rays bathing the Milky Way

Retrieving data from a black hole