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News: July 2009
Darwin’s grandson proved right over fishy physics
Jul 31, 2009 4 comments
Marine animals responsible for mixing the world’s oceans, claim researchers
Plasmonics scores smoothness bull's eye
Jul 30, 2009 1 comment
Pattern templates let plasmons travel further
Ultracold trios tell us more about Efimov states
Jul 30, 2009 1 comment
Italian lab makes two breakthroughs
Three-in-one oven could ease energy needs in developing world
Jul 29, 2009 8 comments
Thermoacoustic engine powers stove, fridge and electricity generator
Nanoscale light source can change its colour
Jul 28, 2009
Tiny 'free electron laser' could be used in displays
Beetle has polarizing twist in its shell
Jul 23, 2009
Insect makes use of ‘liquid crystal’ structure for optical effect
Cloud feedback could accelerate global warming
Jul 23, 2009 5 comments
Low-level clouds dissipate as temperature increases
Newfound order in the valleys
Jul 23, 2009 2 comments
Theory explains why the Earth’s valleys are so evenly spaced
Controversy bubbles over particle physics prize
Jul 21, 2009
Award to neutrino experiment omits key contribution, say physicists
‘Nanopillars’ make good photovoltaics
Jul 20, 2009 1 comment
Devices built on low-cost, flexible substrates show promising light-conversion efficiencies
Migrating giants enrich asteroid belt
Jul 17, 2009 1 comment
Primitive material sprinkled from beyond Neptune towards Jupiter, claim researchers
NASA unveils aerial views of Apollo landing sites
Jul 17, 2009 3 comments
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter returns detailed images
Flexible fabric that 'takes pictures'
Jul 16, 2009 1 comment
MIT researchers unveil new imaging technique using stretchy fibres
Could Fermi detect dark matter within a year?
Jul 16, 2009 7 comments
Space telescope might find signals easier to detect than previously thought
Physicists spy on skink swimming through sand
Jul 16, 2009
Sandfish gets legless in a 'frictional fluid'
Fledgling site challenges arXiv server
Jul 15, 2009 13 comments
New preprint site appears amid claims that arXiv administrators unfairly reject papers
Coasts confirmed as main source of Earth's 'hum'
Jul 10, 2009 1 comment
Coupling between atmosphere and solid Earth creates mysterious planetary noise
Ultracold atom takes a quantum walk
Jul 9, 2009 1 comment
Observation could shed light on the crossover between quantum and classical mechanics
DNA sorts carbon nanotubes
Jul 9, 2009
Liquid chromatography used to separate metal tubes from semiconductors
Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons
Jul 8, 2009 5 comments
Physicists explain how gamma rays are generated in clouds
T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
Jul 7, 2009
New microscope technique identifies flexible regions of proteins
Single molecule switches light
Jul 2, 2009 1 comment
World's smallest optical transistor brings optical computers a step closer
Alan Guth bags Isaac Newton medal
Jul 1, 2009 8 comments
Inflationary universe pioneer to be honoured in London
