News: February 2007
Microscope "fingerprints" atoms
Feb 28, 2007
Atomic force microscope benefits from sensitive calibration
European Research Council launched today
Feb 27, 2007
Scientists set to get their hands on extra Euro 7.5bn
"Chemical origami" shrinks 2D discs into 3D objects
Feb 23, 2007
Technique could create prototypes in engineering
Islamic 'quasicrystals' predate Penrose tiles
Feb 22, 2007
Medieval mathematicians 500 years ahead of the West, claim physicists
Magnetic fields put the heat on neutron stars
Feb 21, 2007
Heating observed at relatively low field strengths
Magnet misbehaves near absolute zero
Feb 21, 2007
Quantum phase transition defies conventional classification
Photons denied a glimpse of their observer
Feb 15, 2007 1 comment
Wheeler's delayed-choice thought experiment realized
Ocean waves keep Earth humming
Feb 14, 2007
Wave interaction exerts pressure on the continental shelf
Plasma wakefield "turbocharges" particle accelerator
Feb 14, 2007
SLAC's energy doubled within a metre
Extra dimensions could leave trace in Big Bang's aftermath
Feb 14, 2007
Shape of dimensions could affect observations by WMAP and Planck
New particle resolves erratic sightings of axions
Feb 9, 2007
Dark matter particle can't emerge from the Sun's heat, claim physicists
Multibillion-dollar collider plans unveiled
Feb 8, 2007
Physicists estimate that the International Linear Collider will cost at least $6.5bn
A moon that puts a shine on its neighbours
Feb 8, 2007
Eruptions "sandblast" nearby satellites of Saturn
Storing light here -- and retrieving it there
Feb 7, 2007 1 comment
Physicists demonstrate quantum indistinguishability using ultracold atoms
Molecules self-assemble into stripes
Feb 5, 2007
Simple technique allows electrons to be confined on surfaces
Tiny mass detectors come out of the cold
Feb 2, 2007
100 zeptogram resolution achieved at room temperature and atmospheric pressure
Mankind to blame for global warming says IPCC
Feb 2, 2007
UN panel backs science of climate change with "very high confidence"
Strongly interacting Fermi condensates are put on trial
Feb 2, 2007
Monte Carlo simulations best describe BEC-BCS crossover
Two-photon emission seen in semiconductor
Feb 1, 2007
Quantum wells could deliver entangled photon pairs