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News: January 2010
Lasers zap fusion doubts at NIF
Jan 29, 2010 5 comments
First results at the National Ignition Facility delight researchers
Drop in warming linked to water vapour decrease
Jan 29, 2010 9 comments
New study shows the importance of stratospheric water to climate change
Cyclone model forecasts more Katrina-like storms
Jan 29, 2010 2 comments
Hurricanes less frequent but more intense with Atlantic warming, say researchers
Planetary physics shrunk into a lab as MIT pursues fusion
Jan 28, 2010 13 comments
Levitating magnet confines plasmas in alternate path to fusion
Organic transistor mimics brain synapse
Jan 28, 2010 4 comments
'NOMFET' does the work of seven conventional devices
Carbon-cycle feedback smaller, but still positive
Jan 27, 2010 10 comments
Scientists closer to understanding key piece of climate-change puzzle
Helium sell-off risks future supply
Jan 27, 2010 6 comments
Panel calls on the US to better control its reserve of helium gas
Russian science in a state of 'decline'
Jan 26, 2010 2 comments
Report says country shows little sign of addressing its research problem
Net widens for funding of arXiv
Jan 26, 2010 8 comments
Preprint server needs more cash to operate, say Cornell librarians
Plasmas are cool for dental disinfection
Jan 25, 2010 3 comments
Futuristic alternative to the dreaded dentist's drill
Sun's appetite for dark matter may affect Earth's orbit
Jan 25, 2010 10 comments
Will the Earth–Sun distance halve in several billion years?
Legendary oceanographer scoops Crafoord prize
Jan 22, 2010 2 comments
Tide master Walter Munks awarded $550,000 for seminal geophysics research
Splashing stones drive supersonic flow
Jan 22, 2010 2 comments
Break the sound barrier in your garden pond
Ions trapped by optical fields
Jan 22, 2010 1 comment
New laser-trapping technique for charged particles opens door to advanced quantum simulations
Jostling balls reveal secrets of ultrathin films
Jan 21, 2010 1 comment
Experiment with plastic colloidal spheres simulates epitaxial growth on the atomic scale
Bright colour-changing skins
Jan 20, 2010 1 comment
Electronic paper technology created that can change colour without backlights
Quantum computer takes on quantum chemistry
Jan 19, 2010 3 comments
Entangled photons put to work on hydrogen molecule
Fear grips Iranian academics
Jan 18, 2010 6 comments
Assassination of physicist Masoud Alimohammadi heightens tensions in Tehran
Newton's idea spotted in reflected neutrons
Jan 15, 2010 5 comments
Looking very closely at the reflections of neutron
Calculations point to massive quark stars
Jan 15, 2010 2 comments
Exotic bodies might be easier to spot than previously thought
Electric fields control spin currents
Jan 15, 2010 3 comments
New type of magnetoelectric coupling discovered
UK physicists warn of brain drain over funding freeze
Jan 13, 2010 3 comments
Programme cuts could lead to "irreparable damage" to the county’s reputation
Supernovae put dark matter in the right place
Jan 13, 2010 8 comments
Simulation reconciles cold dark matter and galaxy formation
Exoplanet's atmosphere is laid bare
Jan 13, 2010 2 comments
Astronomers measure spectrum of exoplanet directly for the first time
Africa launches continent-wide physics society
Jan 12, 2010 2 comments
The African Physical Society will support researchers and students across the region
Physicists put forward new vaccination strategy
Jan 12, 2010 1 comment
Quantum mechanics suggests a little vaccine can go a long way
Pulsar bursts move 'faster than light'
Jan 11, 2010 4 comments
Anomalous dispersion seen for the first time in space
E8 symmetry spotted in ultracold magnet
Jan 8, 2010 2 comments
Neutron scattering confirms long-standing theoretical predictions
Supermassive black hole struggles to swallow Milky Way
Jan 8, 2010 8 comments
Gaseous lobes overcome the might of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy
New pulsars could net gravitational waves
Jan 7, 2010 2 comments
Rapid identification of new millisecond pulsars raises prospect of gravitational-wave discovery
Ancient Mars wetter than we thought
Jan 6, 2010 2 comments
Researchers identify water channels on Mars resembling Siberian landscapes
Physicists catch sight of trembling particle
Jan 6, 2010 6 comments
Quantum stimulation validates Schrödinger's 1930 prediction
Kepler unveils its first five exoplanets
Jan 5, 2010 1 comment
Mission on track to find distant Earth
