News: April 2006
Insects inspire artificial eyes
Apr 27, 2006
Scientists have made the first artificial eye using 3D polymer structures
Nuclear waste should be buried
Apr 27, 2006
The UK should bury its radioactive waste in a deep repository, says committee
US told to invest in particle physics
Apr 26, 2006
Expert panel fears America is losing its leadership in particle physics
No WIMPS -- only superWIMPS
Apr 25, 2006
CERN's new collider may never detect the most likely candidate for dark matter
Google unearths physics gems
Apr 21, 2006
Physicists use Google to discover top papers that conventional citation indices have overlooked
Metals protect Milky Way from gamma-ray bursts
Apr 20, 2006
The chances of being destroyed by a gamma-ray burst from our galaxy look thankfully slim
General relativity reveals its secrets
Apr 19, 2006
Astrophysicists simulate what happens when two black holes merge
Fermilab probes matter-antimatter transitions
Apr 12, 2006
CDF researchers make best ever measurement of matter-antimatter transition rate in B mesons
Physics goes to the movies
Apr 11, 2006
Scientists show that the popularity of a film depends on word-of-mouth recommendations
Water drops bounce into action
Apr 7, 2006
Physicists observe unusual jets created when drops of water hit a surface
Spray-on silicon makes its debut
Apr 7, 2006
Scientists find way of making electronic devices using silicon from solution
Solitons show up in uranium
Apr 4, 2006
Scientists have observed highly localized solitary vibrations in a 3D solid