News: October 2007
Negative-index material modulates light
Oct 31, 2007 1 comment
Optical modulator could soon break speed record
Did the early universe have "texture"?
Oct 30, 2007 3 comments
Cold spot could shed light on unification
New supersolid signature sighted
Oct 25, 2007 2 comments
Peak in specific heat confirms phase transition
Nanoantenna focuses laser light
Oct 26, 2007 3 comments
New technology could improve microscope resolution
China launches mission to the Moon
Oct 25, 2007 3 comments
First steps taken towards a lunar landing
Unravelling the mysteries of coiling ropes
Oct 23, 2007 2 comments
Experiment reveals complex behaviour
New isotopes push out the drip-line
Oct 25, 2007
Heaviest magnesium and aluminium isotopes found to date
"Spookytechnology" anyone?
Oct 18, 2007 16 comments
Physicist proposes a new name for quantum technologies
Work begins on Chinese-US neutrino experiment
Oct 16, 2007 3 comments
New facility will measure mixing angle
Friends, not policies, win elections
Oct 14, 2007 1 comment
“Word of mouth” woes voters, say physicists
Laser reveals new type of magnetic ordering
Oct 12, 2007 2 comments
“Ferrotoroidicity” could be exploited for hardy data storage
Stern-Gerlach effect goes chiral
Oct 10, 2007 1 comment
Left and right-handed molecules part company
CERN boss quashes LHC delay rumours
Oct 9, 2007 3 comments
Accelerator still on track for May 2008 start up
Nobel prize recognizes GMR pioneers
Oct 9, 2007 14 comments
Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg scoop physics prize
Wrinkle researchers bag physics Ig Nobel
Oct 5, 2007 2 comments
Team honoured for studies of drapes and tablecloths
Particle-physics detector warms to forest fires
Oct 7, 2007 2 comments
UV light detector is a thousand times more sensitive than rivals
World celebrates half a century in space
Oct 4, 2007 1 comment
Russia’s Sputnik 1 launched 50 years ago on this day
Carbon-doped magnetic semiconductor is a first
Oct 3, 2007 2 comments
Magnetism endures above room temperature
Anton Zeilinger scoops first Isaac Newton medal
Oct 3, 2007
Entanglement guru honoured by Institute of Physics
Josephson effect seen in atomic gas
Oct 3, 2007 2 comments
System could be used to make rotation sensor