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News: June 2011
Aircraft punch holes in clouds and make it rain
Jun 30, 2011 3 comments
Phenomenon could boost precipitation near airports
What's going on with the Sun?
Jun 30, 2011 13 comments
Recent research suggests that the Sun could be heading into a quiet spell
Flipping spins, one proton at a time
Jun 29, 2011 1 comment
Magnetic properties of a single proton revealed
Los Alamos National Lab narrowly avoids fire
Jun 28, 2011
Blaze threatened famous science and technology institution
Famous black hole confirmed after 40 years
Jun 28, 2011 19 comments
Distance to Cygnus X-1 measured directly
Solar wind sheds light on early solar system
Jun 27, 2011 3 comments
Genesis mission reveals differences between the Earth and the Sun
UK research chief defends 'blacklisting'
Jun 29, 2011 1 comment
EPSRC chief David Delpy claims new rules for grant-awarding process have boosted success rates to 30%
Quarks break free at two trillion degrees
Jun 23, 2011 26 comments
Quark–gluon plasma temperature is calculated from theory and experiment
Nanoparticles play at being red blood cells
Jun 24, 2011 5 comments
Stealth particles deliver anti-cancer drugs
More surprises for the Voyager mission at the edge of the solar system
Jun 22, 2011 10 comments
Heliosphere not as we expected, say NASA researchers
Physicists break record for extreme quantum state
Jun 22, 2011 9 comments
Eight photons entangled in a "Schrödinger's cat state" for first time
Polariton coupling becomes stronger
Jun 22, 2011
New result might benefit photonic circuits that exploit light
Australian climate researchers face death threats
Jun 21, 2011 19 comments
Targeted researchers have been moved to more secure offices
Hackers steal quantum code
Jun 17, 2011 5 comments
Unseen eavesdropper makes perfect copy of secret key
'Plasmon ruler' measures tiny distances in 3D
Jun 16, 2011 4 comments
New device could study soft matter on the nanoscale
Catching sight of the elusive wavefunction
Jun 15, 2011 19 comments
New technique challenges conventional wisdom of quantum measurements
CoGeNT findings support dark-matter halo theory
Jun 15, 2011 4 comments
Seasonal variation in detector's signal points to low-mass WIMP
Evidence mounts for previously unseen neutrino oscillation
Jun 15, 2011 3 comments
Physicists glimpse muon neutrinos changing into electron neutrinos
Italy picks site for SuperB collider
Jun 14, 2011 1 comment
New laboratory at Tor Vergata will honour Nicola Cabibbo
Nanotransfer makes large-area NIMs
Jun 13, 2011
Square-foot quantities of metamaterials made for the first time
Physicists create a living laser
Jun 12, 2011 5 comments
Device based on live biological material is a first
Why 13 and 25 are magic numbers for physicists
Jun 9, 2011 8 comments
Scientists discover the optimum size of a research group
Graphene integrated circuit is a first
Jun 9, 2011 2 comments
All electronic components are on a single chip
New type of supernova outshines the rest
Jun 8, 2011 3 comments
Mechanism driving stellar explosions is a mystery
Magnetic fields reduce blood viscosity
Jun 8, 2011 13 comments
Researchers suggest exposure to magnetic fields could prevent heart attacks
Future is bright for CERN antimatter physicists
Jun 7, 2011 2 comments
Two new experiments are in the pipeline
Erasing data could keep quantum computers cool
Jun 6, 2011 7 comments
How negative entropy could stop a quantum computer from overheating
The secret lives of photons revealed
Jun 3, 2011 26 comments
Researchers reconstruct the complete trajectories of single photons in Young's double-slit experiment
Cool microscope feels the heat
Jun 2, 2011 2 comments
Scanning probe uses ultracold gas atoms to image surfaces
Silicon nanopillars steer infrared light
Jun 2, 2011 4 comments
Nanopillars could bend light through photonic circuits
New head for US nuclear-weapons lab
Jun 1, 2011
Charles McMillan takes over as boss of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
