News: January 2009
Graphane makes its debut
Jan 30, 2009 4 comments
Graphene's insulator cousin could store hydrogen fuel
Can geoengineering cool the climate?
Jan 28, 2009 3 comments
Physicists scrutinize climate intervention
Plot thickens for iron-arsenide superconductors
Jan 29, 2009 14 comments
Physicists question 2D nature of high-temperature superconductivity
China builds super-sized radio telescope
Jan 27, 2009 2 comments
Giant dish will look for pulsars beyond the Milky Way
Chilly solution to neutrino mass problem
Jan 27, 2009 8 comments
Ultracold atoms could be used to measure the mass of the neutrino
China to lure more scientists from abroad
Jan 23, 2009 5 comments
New drive to boost Chinese science
Muons reveal upper atmosphere's temperature
Jan 23, 2009 3 comments
Freak warming detected from deep underground
Atoms teleport information over long distance
Jan 22, 2009 2 comments
New approach extends range of atomic teleportation
Micromotor could navigate human bloodstream
Jan 20, 2009 2 comments
Piezoelectric-powered robots could help unblock arteries
Nanowires are guided around chips
Jan 16, 2009
DNA coating offers a route to self-assembled circuits
Broadband invisibility cloak unveiled
Jan 15, 2009
New device conceals objects over 4 GHz frequency range
How massive stars form
Jan 15, 2009 3 comments
Big stars, like small ones, can form by accretion after all
Sand pushes Martian rocks into place
Jan 13, 2009
The curious distribution of rocks has a simple explanation, say geophysicists
Construction set to start on $900m light source
Jan 13, 2009 1 comment
More than 2000 scientists per year will use new Brookhaven facility
Unification could be ripe for the picking
Jan 13, 2009 2 comments
'Falling apples' may reveal new physics
Experiment resolves century-old optics mystery
Jan 9, 2009 14 comments
Minkowski proved wrong about momentum of light
Iron-based superconductors really are different
Jan 8, 2009 5 comments
Energy gap measurements suggest a new mechanism for superconductivity
Stars born into Milky Way’s violent centre
Jan 8, 2009 1 comment
Protostars prove that stars can form near a supermassive black hole
Casimir effect goes negative
Jan 8, 2009 1 comment
Bizarre vacuum force is repulsive, as well as attractive
Magnetic fields could reveal exoplanets
Jan 8, 2009 3 comments
Astrophysicists propose new way of viewing the heavens
Graphene transistor speeds up
Jan 5, 2009
Devices based on ‘wonder material’ could soon catch-up with silicon