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News: October 2009
Dark-matter paper raises questions over data sharing
Oct 29, 2009 25 comments
Is it unfair that NASA data are immediately made available to all?
Helium atoms get the ride of their life
Oct 29, 2009 4 comments
'Ponderomotive' forces could boost surface science
Special relativity passes key test
Oct 28, 2009 24 comments
Lorentz invariance holds at the Planck length
'High-payoff' energy research receives US cash boost
Oct 28, 2009 37 comments
Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m
Plasmons shine a light on catalysis
Oct 27, 2009
New optical technique can examine catalysts under "real-life" conditions
Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole
Oct 26, 2009 4 comments
Lab-based experiment could further our understanding of black holes and neutron stars
Bacteria power micro-ratchet
Oct 23, 2009 6 comments
The chaotic motion of bacteria can rotate a tiny cog wheel
String theorist takes over from Hawking
Oct 20, 2009 23 comments
Michael Green unveiled as Cambridge University's next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
Electrons reveal DNA without destroying it
Oct 20, 2009 3 comments
Holography uncovers individual biomolecules
Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Oct 19, 2009
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist
Enter the yoctosecond
Oct 16, 2009 6 comments
Particle collisions could yield ultrashort light pulses
Chemical signature could help locate Earth-like planets
Oct 16, 2009 3 comments
Planet formation could have affected Sun's composition
IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system
Oct 15, 2009 8 comments
First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists
Charges band together in graphene
Oct 15, 2009 2 comments
"Wonder material" exhibits collective behaviour
‘Magnetic charge’ measured in spin ice
Oct 15, 2009 4 comments
Physicists get a closer look at monopole currents
Entangled electrons do the splits
Oct 14, 2009 14 comments
Superconducting 'Y' junction could enable solid-state tests of non-locality
Nanopores sequence DNA
Oct 12, 2009
New technique could detect markers for genetically inherited diseases
Water-seeking rocket smashes into the Moon
Oct 9, 2009 4 comments
NASA's LCROSS mission will return data 'within hours'
Physicists pin down graphite's magnetism
Oct 8, 2009 1 comment
Answer lies in defects between layers
Chaos spotted in quantum 'kicked top'
Oct 7, 2009 4 comments
It's like the butterfly effect, but in a quantum system
Deep-sea communication with neutrinos
Oct 7, 2009 8 comments
Particles could carry messages to nuclear subs, says physicist
Propelling bacteria ease liquid flow
Oct 7, 2009
Synchronized swimming of bacteria reduces the viscosity of fluid
Physicist shares Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Oct 7, 2009 7 comments
X-ray crystallography breakthrough awarded with Nobel prize
Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize
Oct 6, 2009 7 comments
Trio share SEK10m prize for their work on fibre optics and charge-coupled devices
Earth's 'hum' reveals hidden depths
Oct 5, 2009 4 comments
Exploring the mantle through the interaction of Earth and the atmosphere
Developing-world research hub unveils new director
Oct 2, 2009 3 comments
Costa Rica-born physicist to head the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
'Supermicroscope' shrunk down to lab-size
Oct 2, 2009 6 comments
Laser-generated X-rays could blast away synchrotron facilities, claim researchers
Fixing bones with dissolvable glass
Oct 1, 2009 3 comments
Magnesium alloy could speed up bone repair
Scheme removes entropy from ultracold atoms
Oct 1, 2009
Transferring entropy from one gas to another should allow study of new quantum systems
