News: August 2011
X-rays control disorder in superconductor
Aug 31, 2011 10 comments
Superconductor circuits could be carved out using an X-ray beam
Climate scientist cleared of research misconduct
Aug 30, 2011 28 comments
National Science Foundation exonerates Michael Mann of wrongdoing
Zigzag nanowire regulates Brownian motion
Aug 29, 2011
Magnetic trap could help scientists perform microfluidic experiments
Milky Way stars born from intergalactic gas
Aug 26, 2011 10 comments
Researchers may have located the source of new stars in our galaxy
Peering into the past of near-Earth asteroids
Aug 25, 2011 1 comment
Stony asteroids are the birthplace of Earth-bound meteorites, study finds
Probing the cosmic-ray–climate link
Aug 24, 2011 9 comments
CERN experiment finds cosmic rays can enhance aerosol production
Did Einstein discover E = mc2?
Aug 23, 2011 13 comments
Researchers revisit this controversial issue
Hunt for the Higgs enters endgame
Aug 22, 2011 29 comments
Delegates at the Lepton Photon 2011 conference in Mumbai debate the latest results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider
Yale defends procedures after student death
Aug 19, 2011 4 comments
US health and safety watchdog accuses university of safety violations
Early-warning system for sunspots
Aug 19, 2011 2 comments
Findings could reveal new details about magnetism within the solar interior
Cubic neutrons might find it hip to be square
Aug 18, 2011 13 comments
Sufficiently heavy neutron stars could exert so much pressure that their otherwise spherical neutrons turn into tiny cubes
Rashba gets hotter and more pronounced
Aug 17, 2011 3 comments
Improved spin-splitting effect could boost spintronics
China–US neutrino facility opens
Aug 16, 2011
The Daya Bay experiment will search for electron antineutrino disappearance
Information paradox simplified
Aug 15, 2011 30 comments
Information escapes black holes without space–time, say physicists
Electron bunches keep their shape
Aug 12, 2011 2 comments
Cold-electron source could be used for diffraction imaging
Hi-tech tattoos monitor brain waves
Aug 11, 2011 1 comment
Ultrathin electronics could help those with spinal-cord damage
Quantum computing with microwaves
Aug 10, 2011 9 comments
Breakthoughs could lead to fully integrated circuits
Bacterial nanowires conduct like metals
Aug 10, 2011 2 comments
Micro-organisms could be used to make electronic devices
3D cloak is first to work in free space
Aug 8, 2011 1 comment
"Plasmonic" shell cancels scattered microwaves
New microscope peers deep into tissue
Aug 5, 2011 1 comment
Technique could boost research into atherosclerosis
Trojan collision may have shaped the Moon
Aug 3, 2011 6 comments
Farside/nearside difference explained by simulation
Photons tune in and shape up
Aug 3, 2011 8 comments
How to change the colour and shape of single photons
Extraterrestrial life could be extremely rare
Aug 1, 2011 25 comments
Calculations dampen hopes for finding life on other planets
Stealing quantum keys the easy way
Aug 2, 2011 13 comments
New technique makes "uncrackable" codes easy to decipher