News: June 2009
Intense X-rays expose Alzheimer’s disease
Jun 30, 2009 3 comments
Diffraction enhanced X-ray imaging promises better brain scans
UK physics hit by new cuts
Jun 25, 2009 16 comments
Science and Technology Facilities Council outlines reduced programme for 2009-10
Galactic link to climate change in doubt
Jun 25, 2009 11 comments
Sun’s passage through spiral arms not correlated with climate change, says new research
Foundation gives Canadian physics a boost
Jun 25, 2009 2 comments
SNOLAB and Perimeter Institute benefit from infrastructure grants
Physicists watch as sand forms droplets
Jun 24, 2009 3 comments
High speed photography sheds light on ‘clustering’ in sand streams
NASA launches two missions to the Moon
Jun 19, 2009 1 comment
Unmanned probes will map the Moon and search for water
ITER fusion experiment faces three-year delay
Jun 18, 2009 18 comments
New construction timetable puts back first deuterium-tritium plasma to 2026
Aerosol cooling overestimated, says new study
Jun 18, 2009 4 comments
Masking of global warming could be smaller than previously thought
'Sluggish' jet streams linked to quiet Sun
Jun 18, 2009 2 comments
Solar activity about to rise, researchers claim
Double helix is an 'electric slide' for proteins
Jun 17, 2009
Simulation suggests how molecules read the blueprint for life
Black-hole analogue traps sound
Jun 16, 2009 16 comments
BEC presents good chance to detect Hawking radiation, say researchers
Axions could shed light on solar mysteries
Jun 12, 2009 1 comment
Hot corona could result from hypothetical particles converting to X-rays
Earth’s magnetic field perturbed by 'electric oceans', claims researcher
Jun 14, 2009 9 comments
Is Atlantic Ocean circulation responsible for magnetic oddities in Europe?
Tuning the gap in graphene
Jun 11, 2009 2 comments
Results confirm wonder material's potential for future nano-electronics and photonics
Flaw revealed in theory of transistor 'noise'
Jun 11, 2009
Progress to low-powered devices may be hindered
Moonshine could light the way to extraterrestrial life
Jun 11, 2009 1 comment
Signs of life on distant planets could be easier to detect than previously thought
Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots
Jun 8, 2009 7 comments
The inorganic equivalent of carbon dating, say researchers