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News: September 2009
Fisheye gives new route to perfect images
Sep 30, 2009 3 comments
UK physicist sheds light on Maxwell's 150 year-old design
New printing method takes a cue from nature
Sep 30, 2009 2 comments
Magnetic nanoclusters change colour on command
Graphene works as a highly sensitive mass detector
Sep 29, 2009
Easy readout from one-atom-thick resonator
Particle feud goes public
Sep 24, 2009 11 comments
Rift in CERN collaboration leads to charge of poor and unethical science
Earth's glaciers melting at an accelerated rate
Sep 24, 2009 6 comments
'Dynamic thinning' of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets tracked by NASA satellite
Satellites find water on the Moon
Sep 24, 2009 12 comments
Lunar surface could be wetter than previously thought
Freak waves spotted in microwave cavity
Sep 23, 2009 1 comment
Experiment could explain how huge waves form in the ocean
Saudi Arabia opens huge new university
Sep 23, 2009 10 comments
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology inaugurated with $10bn endowment
The Sun could be heading into period of extended calm
Sep 23, 2009 9 comments
Weakness in the Sun's magnetic field allows more particles to escape
Galactic-scale observatory planned
Sep 22, 2009 3 comments
Edwin Cartlidge is a science journalist based in Rome
Is dark matter mostly 'dark atoms'?
Sep 21, 2009 21 comments
New model says that the universe largely consists of dark atoms bound together by a new force
Tricolour entanglement could connect qubits
Sep 18, 2009 2 comments
Demonstration is an early step towards a 'quantum switchboard'
Opposites don't always attract
Sep 17, 2009 5 comments
Researchers explain why oppositely charged droplets can bounce off one another
Creating 'Schrödinger's virus' in the lab
Sep 16, 2009 12 comments
Experiment would hold living creature in a quantum superposition
Astronomers confirm rocky nature of new exoplanet
Sep 16, 2009 2 comments
Discovered last February, the planet CoRoT-7b has been found to have the same density as our Earth
CERN boss targets linear collider
Sep 16, 2009 15 comments
Rolf-Dieter Heuer confirms November switch-on for the Large Hadron Collider and plans for lab's future
Heavy water could add weight to climate models
Sep 15, 2009 4 comments
Researchers attempt to unravel past climates by analysing water isotopes
Michelson–Morley experiment is best yet
Sep 14, 2009 13 comments
Local Lorentz invariance for light confirmed at highest precision yet
Physicist to advise UK on energy and climate change
Sep 11, 2009 3 comments
David MacKay describes current debate as a 'Punch and Judy show'
British prime minister apologizes to Alan Turing after petition
Sep 11, 2009
Gordon Brown recognizes 'appalling' treatment of Second World War code breaker
How to build cheaper radio telescopes
Sep 10, 2009
Computing costs could be slashed by careful arrangement of antennas
Nanotubes set to shine for solar energy
Sep 10, 2009
Multiple carrier generation could boost efficiency
NASA faces cash crisis
Sep 9, 2009 2 comments
Review says that $3bn budget hike is needed to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020
Ultra-strong Velcro-like fastener inspired by birds
Sep 8, 2009 1 comment
Steely hook and loop fastener could hold aeroplanes together
Acoustic tweezers put the pinch on living cells
Sep 7, 2009
Device is smaller and more efficient than optical tweezers
Optical 'quantum computer chip' performs first calculation
Sep 4, 2009
Device employs Shor's algorithm using four photons
Magnetic monopoles spotted in spin ices
Sep 3, 2009 16 comments
Two independent groups find evidence for elusive 'particles'
Milky Way in line for aggressive three-way merger
Sep 3, 2009 1 comment
New survey reveals the dynamics of our galactic neighbourhood
Electron beam builds bespoke atomic lattices
Sep 2, 2009
Scanning electron microscope selectively removes rubidium atoms
Geoengineering could be needed to halt climate change
Sep 1, 2009 3 comments
Cutting carbon emissions may not be enough, says Royal Society
Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury
Sep 1, 2009
Blast waves might cause damage to brain