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News: April 2009
New camera 1000 times faster than competitors
Apr 30, 2009
Optics breakthrough could bring dynamical physics into focus
Supersolids seen in new light
Apr 30, 2009 1 comment
Theory tips atomic vacancies, while experiment points to ‘superglass’ behaviour
Fledgling graphene circuit performs basic logic
Apr 29, 2009
Physicists take a step closer to carbon-based electronics
Accelerator lab targets medical isotopes
Apr 28, 2009 2 comments
TRIUMF joins forces with MDS Nordion to study new molybdenum–99 production technique
Invisibility cloaks go optical
Apr 28, 2009 2 comments
‘Carpet cloak’ shrouds objects from red light, claim researchers
Multipolar dance could flip Earth’s magnetic field
Apr 24, 2009 10 comments
Geomagnetic field reduced to a set of simple equations
Telescope hunts for cosmic explosions
Apr 24, 2009 1 comment
MAGIC-II celebrates first light in Canary Islands
Metals toughen spider’s silk
Apr 23, 2009 1 comment
Discovery could lead to stronger natural and artificial materials
Particulate pollution cuts carbon dioxide, model shows
Apr 22, 2009 9 comments
Aerosols boost photosynthesis and increase carbon sink by almost 25%
Dark matter could come naturally from quantum gravity
Apr 21, 2009 15 comments
Physicist looks at ‘effective field theory’ to explain the mysterious entity
Neutron-rich and doubly magic: nucleus is a first
Apr 20, 2009 2 comments
Oxygen isotope could shed light on stellar nucleosynthesis
World’s brightest synchrotron powers up
Apr 17, 2009
Over 2000 scientists per year will use the new Hamburg facility
Physicists distinguish between the indistinguishable
Apr 16, 2009
Understanding why ultracold fermions collide could improve atomic clocks
Bouncing spins flip direction
Apr 15, 2009 3 comments
Controlling spins without an oscillating field
Ions keep their cool at crossroads
Apr 15, 2009
New junction could lead to large-scale quantum computers
Graphene made easy
Apr 14, 2009 2 comments
New technique produces large-area, high-quality samples of wonder material
Curved light bends the rules
Apr 9, 2009 3 comments
Plasma filaments could lead to new spectroscopic tool
Metamaterial focuses ultrasound
Apr 8, 2009 1 comment
Negative refraction could improve ultrasound imaging
Physicists have another go at Maxwell’s demon
Apr 3, 2009 1 comment
'Trapdoor' for atoms created using lasers
Algorithm discovers physical laws
Apr 2, 2009 4 comments
Physicists show how scientific discovery can be partially automated
Keeping carbon out of sight but not out of mind
Apr 2, 2009 8 comments
Water absorbs the bulk of CO2 in gas wells, say researchers
It’s all over for Clover
Apr 2, 2009 2 comments
UK pulls plug on telescope to detect gravitational waves
