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News: April 2011
Invisibility cloak offers a snug fit
Apr 28, 2011 2 comments
Carpet cloak is only a little bigger than the object it's hiding
African Astronomical Society debuts in Cape Town
Apr 27, 2011 3 comments
Society will promote astronomy as a tool for development
Transparent material opens a new window on solar energy
Apr 27, 2011 7 comments
Plastic cell could harvest sunlight passing through windows
Does dark matter link gamma rays to galactic haze?
Apr 26, 2011 18 comments
Theory connects astronomical mysteries
Predicting crowd behaviour
Apr 21, 2011 12 comments
Computer model treats pedestrians as decision-makers, not particles
Solar power without solar cells
Apr 21, 2011 10 comments
Sun's energy can be harnessed in insulating 'optical battery', physicists claim
Mapping orbits within black holes
Apr 20, 2011 6 comments
Physicist claims that planetary orbits could be sustained within black holes
Ultracold atoms simulate magnetic interactions
Apr 18, 2011 2 comments
Quantum fluctuations drive magnetic phase transition
WIMP no-show casts a shadow over dark matter
Apr 14, 2011
XENON places the strongest constraints yet on dark-matter particle
Physicists create a quantum mirror image
Apr 13, 2011 9 comments
Reflected photon puts atom into quantum superposition
Do spiral galaxies form from the inside out?
Apr 12, 2011 15 comments
Distant spiral sheds light on galaxy formation
Crystallography reveals secrets of nature's antifreeze
Apr 12, 2011 4 comments
Barbs grab hold of ice crystals
Holography sharpens up
Apr 11, 2011
Holograms based on plasmons that hold their colours regardless of viewing angle
Kepler picks up stellar vibrations
Apr 8, 2011 2 comments
Exoplanet mission gives asteroseismology a boost
Study queries open access benefits
Apr 8, 2011 8 comments
New research says open access papers attract more readers – but not more citations
Graphene transistor shines on diamond-like substrate
Apr 7, 2011 7 comments
New device is smaller and faster than ever
Trapped ions smash entanglement record
Apr 7, 2011 1 comment
Physicists link 14 calcium "qubits" on path towards a quantum computer
Martin Rees wins £1m Templeton Prize
Apr 6, 2011 15 comments
Astronomer honoured for posing "big questions" despite "rather boring" views on science and religion
NASA's research ability in space under threat
Apr 5, 2011 2 comments
Report calls for increased funding after being "dramatically" reduced
Thin film has 'astonishing' ability to rotate light
Apr 4, 2011 5 comments
Micron-thick sample shifts polarization by 45 degrees
