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News: April 2008
Dawn of the memristor
Apr 30, 2008 5 comments
There is a fourth standard circuit element in addition to resistors, capacitors and inductors
Report slams UK's leading physics funding agency
Apr 30, 2008 1 comment
MPs call for major shake-up at the Science and Technology Facilities Council
Physicists quantify the 'coefficient of inefficiency'
Apr 27, 2008 8 comments
The most effective committees have fewer than 20 members
Synchrotron proves Europeans were not the first painters to use oils
Apr 25, 2008 1 comment
Scientists find Afghan oil paintings that date back hundreds of years before the Renaissance
'Buckypaper' stretches in a strange way
Apr 24, 2008
Material’s response to stretching can be finely-tuned by mixing different carbon nanotubes
Phonons fail to explain high-temperature superconductivity
Apr 23, 2008 3 comments
Electron–phonon interactions can only account for a fraction of superconducting behaviour
Astronomers get clear view of blazar
Apr 23, 2008 9 comments
Black-hole powered jets are created by twisting magnetic fields that drive particles from galactic cores
Dark matter claims disputed
Apr 22, 2008 18 comments
Flashes of light seen at the DAMA experiment in Italy are not necessarily WIMPs, say physicists
Graphene transistors cut from ribbons into dots
Apr 17, 2008 2 comments
Transistors made from graphene quantum dots show promise as the next generation of electronics
Quasar tests general relativity to the limit
Apr 16, 2008 10 comments
Researchers also claim first hard evidence for black holes
US renews call for science debate
Apr 15, 2008 1 comment
Pressure group sends out new invitations for presidential candidates to discuss science
John Wheeler: 1911-2008
Apr 14, 2008 9 comments
Giant of physics who gave black holes their name dies at 96
Astronomers pinpoint source of slow solar wind
Apr 13, 2008
Colliding magnetic fields believed to eject particles from the Sun
'Racetrack' memory demonstrated
Apr 11, 2008 2 comments
Cheaper, faster data storage could be around the corner
Prototype gravitational-wave detector uses squeezed light
Apr 12, 2008 2 comments
Use of quantum enhancement is a first
Global spending on space increases
Apr 10, 2008
Report shows that last year’s spending up 11% on 2006
Peer review informed ILC pull-out
Apr 10, 2008 9 comments
UK government insists that withdrawal from the International Linear Collider was based on peer review
Testing quantum gravity at the LHC
Apr 9, 2008
If extra dimensions exist, quantum gravity could alter the rate of well-known reactions
Sweat glands are tiny antennas
Apr 8, 2008
Radiation reflected by the skin could potentially reveal a person’s emotional state
New probe measures magnetic fields inside solids
Apr 8, 2008 2 comments
Spin-polarized neutrons produce 3D images
Neutron detector to sniff out explosives
Apr 7, 2008 1 comment
New device could identify illegal substances inside vehicles
Cuts threaten UK role at LHC
Apr 3, 2008 2 comments
UK researchers call for continued full participation in LHCb and ALICE experiments
Do cosmic rays cause climate change?
Apr 3, 2008 6 comments
Physicists put controversial hypothesis under further scrutiny
