News: February 2008
Protons bring fusion into view
Feb 28, 2008 9 comments
New technique reveals complex magnetic fields
Feeling the force on a single atom
Feb 27, 2008 1 comment
Microscope measures force needed to move one atom
US missile strikes stricken satellite
Feb 21, 2008 4 comments
Critics say strike is showcase for missile-defence system
Scientists probe fireballs with X-rays
Feb 21, 2008 7 comments
Experimental evidence suggests ball lightning consists of nanoparticles
Researchers create 'self-healing' rubber
Feb 20, 2008 1 comment
New material stretches the imagination
Vector inflation points the way
Feb 20, 2008 3 comments
New model sheds light on universe’s near-smoothness
Optical lattice beats atomic-clock accuracy
Feb 19, 2008 2 comments
Neutral atoms surpass caesium fountain
Bubble chamber puts new constraints on WIMPs
Feb 18, 2008 4 comments
Experiment questions earlier sighting of dark matter
Antineutrinos sniff out signs of nuclear-bomb making
Feb 15, 2008
New detectors may help monitor power plants
Siblings of Jupiter and Saturn discovered
Feb 14, 2008
Astronomers find "scaled-down" version of our solar system
Napoleon not murdered, say physicists
Feb 14, 2008 3 comments
Analysis of emperor’s hair rules out malicious poisoning
Fibres could generate electricity from body motion
Feb 13, 2008
Wearable nanowires may recharge your phone
Theorists weigh up new route to neutrino mass
Feb 13, 2008 4 comments
Magnetic measurement will be tricky to make
Firms call for support of 'nanophotonics' R&D in Europe
Feb 12, 2008
Quantum-dot fabrication must be improved, says industry group
Columbus module heads to the space station
Feb 7, 2008
Lab will carry out a wide range of reduced gravity experiments
UK confirms withdrawal from ILC
Feb 7, 2008 7 comments
Funding agency pulls out but promises to consult community
Cooled material stretches beyond belief
Feb 7, 2008
Silver compound has record negative thermal expansion
Putting the squeeze on quantum noise
Feb 7, 2008
Laser technique could help search for gravitational waves
Dynamic holograms grow up
Feb 7, 2008 1 comment
10 cm display can show a different image every few minutes
Dark matter may not be so dark
Feb 6, 2008 3 comments
Magnetic moments could reveal elusive particles