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News: October 2008
Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY
Oct 31, 2008 1 comment
Accelerator lab chooses nanostructure expert as new director
Memristors model primitive learning
Oct 31, 2008
An amoeba’s ability to learn can be simulated using an electronic circuit
Optical textile tests MRI patients from afar
Oct 30, 2008 2 comments
Invention will allow medical staff to keep an eye on children undergoing scans
Solar activity could dictate river flow
Oct 29, 2008 1 comment
Sunspot counting could help predict future floods
'Nanoshuttle' gives electrons a ride
Oct 29, 2008
Tiny gold ball moves just a few electrons at a time
Graphene could accelerate genomics
Oct 28, 2008 2 comments
Tiny gaps in carbon sheets could be used to sequence DNA, says physicist
Galaxy survey casts doubt on cold dark matter
Oct 24, 2008 10 comments
Are galaxies simpler than we thought?
Spin segregation puzzles physicists
Oct 23, 2008 7 comments
'Up' and 'down' spins in ultracold Fermi gas stay apart longer than expected
Sticky tape takes X-ray images
Oct 22, 2008 2 comments
Intense nanosecond bursts of X-rays created by peeling adhesive tape
Party time at CERN
Oct 22, 2008 6 comments
Despite magnet problems, the grand launch of the LHC goes ahead - complete with a 16,000 dish 'physics buffet'
India launches first lunar mission
Oct 22, 2008 1 comment
Craft to provide 'mineralogical' map of the Moon
Physicists get closer to metallic hydrogen
Oct 21, 2008 1 comment
Silane structure calculation an important step in quest for 'holy grail' of high-pressure physics
IBEX blasts off to map edge of the solar system
Oct 19, 2008 5 comments
NASA spacecraft will tell us how the solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium
LHC report confirms electrical fault
Oct 17, 2008 2 comments
Machine engineers expect to begin lifting out magnets for repairs in the next few weeks
Doppler shift reveals spin currents
Oct 16, 2008 1 comment
Physicists invent 'speed camera' for spintronics
Detector has an ear for dark matter
Oct 16, 2008 1 comment
Acoustic breakthrough could help find WIMPs
Metamaterials boost MRI sensitivity
Oct 15, 2008
Technique can probe around twice the depth, say researchers
Physicists set new entanglement record
Oct 16, 2008 1 comment
Ten qubits hyper entangle in Schroedinger’s cat state
Interface superconductor turns up the heat
Oct 13, 2008
High-temperature superconductivity seen in ultrathin films for first time
Physicists pull off the gecko's feat
Oct 9, 2008 3 comments
Nanotube material is 10 times stickier than the lizard
Quantum encryption sets speed record
Oct 9, 2008 2 comments
Record bit rate heralds quantum security across communication networks
'Stamp' method brings bendy, transparent solar cells
Oct 9, 2008 8 comments
US researchers create start-up firm to commercialize their concept
Simple temperature change creates spin current
Oct 8, 2008 4 comments
New source of spin-polarized electrons could 'revolutionize' spintronics research
Europe moves forward with laser-fusion plans
Oct 8, 2008 7 comments
HiPER project enters 'preparatory phase'
Particle physicists pick up Nobel prize
Oct 7, 2008 17 comments
Three researchers share SEK10m prize for work on symmetry breaking and quarks
'Viscous shear' wears down sound waves
Oct 6, 2008 1 comment
Honeycomb material offers new way of silencing aircraft
Scientists solve fluid puzzle
Oct 3, 2008
Understanding of how air flow separates could improve vehicle efficiency
UK physics ‘damaged’ by £80m funding shortfall
Oct 2, 2008 7 comments
Wakeham review criticizes communication between leading UK research council and physics community
The mystery of the varying nuclear decay
Oct 2, 2008 17 comments
Two researchers in the US are making the bold claim that nuclear decay rates are not constant, as is widely thought
Invisibility cloak for water waves
Oct 2, 2008 1 comment
Device could shield objects from tsunamis and other harmful waves
Sound technique to unplug oil
Oct 1, 2008
Using pressure pulses to locate pipe blockages could save oil companies millions
Improving measurements of space and time
Oct 1, 2008 1 comment
Squeezing light to the standard quantum limit
