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News: November 2008
Renewable energy source inspired by fish
Nov 28, 2008
Device exploits vortices generated by slow-moving currents
Hawking accepts post in Canada
Nov 27, 2008 5 comments
Cosmologist is first of up to 40 new chairs at Perimeter Institute
Breakthrough in the physics of ice-shelf break-up
Nov 27, 2008 2 comments
Scientists come up with simple law for iceberg formation
Modelling civilization as 'heat engine' could improve climate predictions
Nov 27, 2008 2 comments
Discovery halves the number of variables needed to forecast emissions, claims physicist
European synchrotron secures €177m upgrade
Nov 26, 2008
New beamlines will allow nanometre-scale experiments at Grenoble lab
Light moves tiny devices
Nov 26, 2008 2 comments
Researchers combine nanophotonics and nanomechanics
Accelerating medical isotope production
Nov 26, 2008 2 comments
Technetium-99m production does not rely on reactors or enriched uranium
Europe unveils 20-year astronomy roadmap
Nov 26, 2008
Funding must rise by 20% per year to meet ambitious goals
A simpler route to invisibility
Nov 25, 2008 2 comments
Geometry of curved space could be used to make broadband cloak, say physicists
US firm unveils plans for mini nuclear reactors
Nov 20, 2008 15 comments
Tiny reactors have no moving parts and could power a small town for $25m
Proton and neutron masses calculated from first principles
Nov 21, 2008 9 comments
Quantum chromodynamics makes us heavy, say physicists
Excess of electrons could point to dark matter
Nov 20, 2008 2 comments
Are WIMPs annihilating nearby?
Is entanglement always good for quantum computers?
Nov 20, 2008 1 comment
Most entangled states are not useful, say physicists
New accelerator enhances radiotherapy accuracy
Nov 19, 2008
NPL's new linac will streamline the process of calibrating radiotherapy equipment.
First 'bona fide' direct images of exoplanets
Nov 13, 2008 1 comment
Hubble, Gemini and Keck spot four new planets outside our solar system
Invisibility extends out of its shell
Nov 11, 2008
This invisibility cloak can make a nearby object vanish, say researchers
Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors
Nov 11, 2008 2 comments
Tiny rotors are inspired by biological motors
Optical oscilloscope is fit for high-speed studies
Nov 6, 2008 1 comment
Device beats the resolution of conventional devices by more than a factor of five
Magnetic shield could protect spacecraft
Nov 6, 2008 10 comments
Fusion science shows feasibility of protecting astronauts from cosmic radiation
PAMELA bares all
Nov 4, 2008
Satellite data do indeed hint at dark-matter annihilation, the European team claims
Electrons put a new spin on chirality
Nov 5, 2008 12 comments
Could radiation striking magnetic materials be responsible for the 'handedness' of biological molecules?
Fermilab 'ghosts' hint at new particles
Nov 3, 2008 3 comments
Some CDF physicists believe publication was premature
