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News: February 2009
Quantum dots boost solar cell efficiencies
Feb 27, 2009
Hybrid devices could lower cost of solar power
Microscope sees the Fermi surface
Feb 26, 2009 2 comments
Scanning-tunnelling technique adapted to map bulk electrons
Do you have an eye for entanglement?
Feb 26, 2009
Proposed experiment could let humans directly see entangled photons
Nanoscale friction: thinking big helps
Feb 26, 2009 2 comments
Size may not matter when it comes to friction
Desert mechanics
Feb 25, 2009
Physicists propose mechanism for giant sand dune formation and distribution
Saw-toothed sapphire helps build polymer arrays
Feb 24, 2009
Self assembly produces ultra-dense arrays of nanoscale elements over large areas
NASA’s carbon-dioxide mission fails
Feb 24, 2009 8 comments
$270m Orbiting Carbon Observatory lost in Pacific Ocean
Rethinking MRI scans
Feb 23, 2009 1 comment
New magnetic resonance imaging technique could lead to patient-friendly scans
New technique to tackle nuclear waste
Feb 20, 2009 5 comments
Novel fusion reactor design paves the way to destroy ‘transuranic’ elements
Nanoelectronics made easy
Feb 19, 2009
New technique makes transistors that approach the atomic scale
Jupiter pips Saturn for new space mission
Feb 19, 2009 1 comment
US and Europe agree joint Jovian probes for launch in 2020
Evidence mounts for axion-like particles
Feb 18, 2009 5 comments
Are 'luminosity relations' a key piece in an intergalactic puzzle?
Big gains for physics as Obama signs stimulus bill
Feb 17, 2009 1 comment
More than $10bn will go towards funding physical-science projects
Type-1.5 superconductor shows its stripes
Feb 17, 2009
Could strange vortex patterns reveal two superfluids?
New light on Moon’s far side
Feb 12, 2009
SELENE mission gives the best views yet of the unseen face
Tuning up for teleportation
Feb 12, 2009 5 comments
Physicists control entanglement in new quantum memory system
Bouncing atoms take a measure of gravity
Feb 11, 2009 1 comment
New experiment could be used as a precise accelerometer
Top scientists join Hawking at Perimeter Institute
Feb 10, 2009 6 comments
Leonard Susskind among nine new researchers at Canadian centre
Chameleon particle blends into the background
Feb 10, 2009 4 comments
Fermilab experiment puts limit on dark-energy candidate
LHC’s biggest collisions on hold until after 2010
Feb 10, 2009 8 comments
CERN announces accelerator’s restart schedule
Moth eyes inspire more efficient solar cell
Feb 9, 2009 1 comment
Anti-reflective coating based on natural metamaterial
Entanglement goes mechanical
Feb 6, 2009
Charting the boundary between the quantum and classical worlds
Bringing exoplanets into sharper focus
Feb 6, 2009
New technique could vitalize the search for Earth-like planets
Polarized electrons pumped at GHz frequencies
Feb 5, 2009
Magnetic field boosts electron-pump precision
Doppler effect reversed by metamaterial
Feb 3, 2009 6 comments
New material could lead to acoustic cloaking, say researchers
Axions hint at a return
Feb 2, 2009 6 comments
Theoretical particles could explain why certain cosmic rays reach Earth
