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News: October 2010
Neutron star is most massive yet
Oct 30, 2010 14 comments
Find rules out many exotic theories of neutron-star composition
'Best evidence yet' for dark matter comes from Milky Way centre
Oct 29, 2010 42 comments
Questions remain whether signal has other origins
Earth-sized planets may be more common than we thought
Oct 28, 2010
Nearly one in four Sun-like stars may have planets the size of Earth
Boost for Tevatron extension
Oct 27, 2010 10 comments
Department of Energy advisory panel gives thumbs up to three-year plan
Compact X-ray source could rival accelerators
Oct 27, 2010 4 comments
'Plasma wiggler' is thousand times brighter than previous attempts
Fluorescent beads illuminate sugar in blood
Oct 26, 2010 1 comment
Novel technique could offer a painless aid to diabetes sufferers
Topological insulators could help define fundamental constants
Oct 25, 2010 4 comments
Fine-structure constant could emerge from light scattering
Analogue Hawking radiation spotted in the lab
Oct 22, 2010 42 comments
Has Stephen Hawking's prediction been realized, three decades on?
Liquid crystals go with the flow
Oct 22, 2010 2 comments
Researchers demonstrate non-linear electrophoresis technique
Graphene single-transistor amplifier is a first
Oct 21, 2010 4 comments
New single-transistor device rivals conventional semiconductor amplifiers
UK science spared from budget cuts
Oct 20, 2010 1 comment
Physicists welcome government decision but flat-cash settlement could still cause damage
In nature, number one dominates
Oct 20, 2010 18 comments
Numbers starting with the digit 1 occur most frequently in scientific data
Green light for Indian neutrino observatory
Oct 19, 2010 1 comment
Approval still subject to environmental concerns
Flexible LEDs bring light to fingertips
Oct 19, 2010 1 comment
Arrays of miniature LEDs illuminate surgical thread and aid drug delivery monitoring
Algae cause a stir in the local environment
Oct 18, 2010
Researchers study fluid dynamics in the near vicinity of common algae
Organic solar cells receive a boost
Oct 15, 2010 1 comment
Electron–hole ‘excitons’ travel farther than before through organic semiconductors
Geothermal project targets radioactive granite
Oct 14, 2010 6 comments
'Hot dry rocks' offer carbon-free energy
APS responds to climate-change accusations
Oct 14, 2010 24 comments
Society refutes claim that it financially benefits from climate research
Hybrid qubits closer to reality
Oct 13, 2010 4 comments
Microwave circuits and spin ensembles talk to each other
Asteroid crash would devastate ozone layer
Oct 11, 2010 2 comments
Deadly rise in UV radiation expected after mid-sized impact
Unravelling the secrets of silk production
Oct 11, 2010
Neutrons reveal unexpected goings on in the belly of silk worms
Researchers crack the nanocrystal challenge
Oct 8, 2010 2 comments
New technique could help solve a long-standing problem in the semiconductor industry
Does dark matter trigger strange stars?
Oct 7, 2010 26 comments
Balls of free quarks in space may be initiated by dark matter
Electrostatic trap catches tiny particles
Oct 6, 2010 3 comments
Researchers unveil rival to optical tweezers
Clippers set sail for space
Oct 5, 2010 2 comments
Spacecraft propelled by the Sun could courier science data back to Earth
Graphene pioneers bag Nobel prize
Oct 5, 2010 8 comments
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win 2010 prize
Graphene shines a light on surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Oct 4, 2010 8 comments
New Raman scattering model could lead to better photodetectors and sensors
The world's smallest fridge
Oct 1, 2010 7 comments
Self-contained chiller can be built from just a few atoms
