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News: August 2006
NMR goes optical
Sep 5, 2006
New nuclear-magnetic resonance technique could produce real-time, high-resolution images of samples
Photonic crystals go magnetic
Sep 1, 2006
Researchers make a novel type of photonic crystal from "magnetic atoms"
Nanotube resonators break gigahertz barrier
Aug 31, 2006
Holy Grail of NEMS performance delivers attogram sensitivity
Hidden hydrogen could force galaxy rethink
Aug 30, 2006
Astrophysicists using NASA's FUSE satellite have found more deuterium than previously thought
Neutrino Nobel laureate dies
Aug 30, 2006
Physicist who invented method for making neutrino beams has died at 73
Pluto relegated to dwarf status
Aug 25, 2006
Astronomers define ninth planet and its largest moon as double-dwarf system
Gravity lens reveals dark matter
Aug 25, 2006
Multiple observations of colliding galaxies provide evidence of dark matter
Satellite protection plan could backfire
Aug 24, 2006
Protecting satellites from solar storms could disrupt global radio communications
Top hydrogen-storing polymer revealed
Aug 24, 2006
Korean physicists discover a polymer that shows great promise for hydrogen fuel cells
World's most creative physicist revealed
Aug 17, 2006
A new citation study concludes that Phil Anderson has the highest "creativity"
Plasmas move into dentistry
Aug 16, 2006
Researchers develop a "plasma needle" that can kill oral bacteria
COBE team wins cosmology prize
Aug 15, 2006
Astrophysicists honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background
Galaxy survey fails to add up
Aug 15, 2006
Californian astronomers are bewildered by strange anomaly in number of galaxies
Atomic clocks feel the heat
Aug 11, 2006
Physicists have calculated the tiny shift in the atomic transition frequencies of a caesium atom due to blackbody radiation
Where did all the lithium go?
Aug 9, 2006
Riddle over the universe's missing lithium could be solved
Dirac medal for atomic physicist
Aug 8, 2006
Prestigious physics prize recognizes success in quantum information
It's raining again
Aug 7, 2006
Scientists think they know why rain can start so suddenly from cumulus clouds
Superconductor reveals its true colours
Aug 3, 2006
Phonons could play a crucial role in high-temperature superconductivity
Moon's bulge linked to early orbit
Aug 3, 2006
Calculations suggest the Moon's unusual bulge was created early on in its history.
World's "bluest" sky revealed
Aug 2, 2006
Brazil is the place to visit if you want to enjoy the best blue sky
Refining the fine-structure constant
Aug 1, 2006
Measurements with trapped single electrons improves value of alpha by a factor of ten
