News: November 2011
Physicists put earthquakes under the microscope
Nov 30, 2011 2 comments
Nanoscale study looks at how faults strengthen over time
Curiosity mission safely launches to Mars
Nov 28, 2011 8 comments
Car-sized rover will test for signs of life
Tilting 'nanocups' double optical frequencies
Nov 25, 2011 8 comments
Novel structures convert red light into blue
'Superbubble' generates cosmic rays
Nov 24, 2011 17 comments
Fermi satellite data bring us closer to solving cosmic mystery
Super-resolution microscope coming to a lab near you
Nov 24, 2011 11 comments
Max Planck Society to commercialize latest breakthrough
Digital contact lenses come into focus
Nov 23, 2011 2 comments
Lens could serve as a biosensor or as an aid to the hearing impaired
Coherent Schrödinger's cat still confounds
Nov 23, 2011 23 comments
Physicists find a new conundrum in an old paradox
Physics of writing is derived at last
Nov 22, 2011 5 comments
Pen plays capillary tug-of-war with paper
LHC could shed light on superluminal neutrinos
Nov 22, 2011 17 comments
Pair production should be seen in collider data
Was a giant planet ejected from our solar system?
Nov 21, 2011 6 comments
"Sacrifice" stabilized remaining planets, say astronomers
Microscope probes living cells at the nanoscale
Nov 18, 2011 2 comments
Tapping out the properties of squishy tissue
New tests support superluminal-neutrino claim
Nov 18, 2011 38 comments
OPERA researchers reveal new measurements looking at pulse length
How to turn darkness into light
Nov 17, 2011 11 comments
Physicists convert virtual photons into real ones
Geophysicists solve mystery of Antarctica's ice-bound mountains
Nov 17, 2011
Range bounced back after being worn down
Has 'new physics' been found at CERN?
Nov 16, 2011 11 comments
LHCb sees direct CP violation in charm mesons
Tests begin at new Middle East synchrotron
Nov 16, 2011
Commissioning of accelerator component starts at facility in Jordan
Mars craft looks set to crash to Earth
Nov 15, 2011 11 comments
Time is running out to save Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission
New 2D semiconductor could outperform silicon
Nov 11, 2011 2 comments
Quantum membranes could improve transistors
Pristine relics of the Big Bang spotted
Nov 10, 2011 27 comments
Two far-off gas clouds appear untouched by stars
Four-wheel nanocar takes to the road
Nov 9, 2011 3 comments
Molecular motor fuelled by electron microscope
Russian mission to Mars fails
Nov 9, 2011 4 comments
Engineers face race against time to fix problem
Cash hand-out to boost physics teachers
Nov 8, 2011 3 comments
UK government launches £2m initiative to attract physics graduates into teaching
Silicon carbide shows promise for quantum computing
Nov 4, 2011 1 comment
Point defects could be exploited as qubits
Memristor memory could be used in wearable electronics
Nov 3, 2011 1 comment
Device solves problem of "sneak paths"
Undulator brings ILC closer to reality
Nov 3, 2011 2 comments
Positron source could be crucial to future particle colliders
LHC trials proton–lead collisions
Nov 2, 2011 3 comments
Tests could lead to experimental programme in 2012