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News: October 2012
Unexpected 'ridge' seen in CMS collision data again
Oct 31, 2012 6 comments
"Ridge" could be theoretical form of matter known as a "colour glass condensate"
Physicists detect malaria using light and magnets
Oct 30, 2012 6 comments
New method is inexpensive, highly sensitive and portable
New formula explains the dynamics of fractal growth over time
Oct 29, 2012 6 comments
Equation can be applied from nano to macro scales
Bacteria 'wires' conduct electrons over centimetre distances
Oct 26, 2012 3 comments
Tiny filaments allow micro-organisms to flourish without oxygen
Physicists entangle 100,000 photons
Oct 25, 2012 5 comments
Squeezed-vacuum states could boost quantum cryptography
Physicists show bias against female job applicants
Oct 24, 2012 23 comments
Men are offered higher salaries in hiring study
Silvery fish fool predators with their skin
Oct 23, 2012 3 comments
Biological cloaking could be applied to optical devices
Guilty verdict for Italian earthquake scientists
Oct 22, 2012 24 comments
Committee issued false reassurances, says court
Chip puts a twist on light
Oct 19, 2012 13 comments
Optical vortices from tiny devices could boost quantum computers
Nanolayers make a coating of many colours
Oct 18, 2012 6 comments
Semiconductor film changes hue with thickness
Negative friction surprises researchers
Oct 18, 2012 13 comments
Force increases with decreasing load
Solar wind most likely source of water on the Moon
Oct 17, 2012 6 comments
Lunar water reserve could even be used as rocket fuel
Moses Chan backtracks on search for supersolids
Oct 16, 2012 6 comments
Mundane effect misinterpreted as new phase of matter
Gossamer 'nanoweb' blocks light
Oct 15, 2012 7 comments
Counterintuitive result might lead to new optical devices
Meteorite points to asteroid Vesta's dynamo
Oct 12, 2012 10 comments
Magnetic field could shield Vesta from solar wind
Carbon dioxide 'corrodes' ice, say scientists
Oct 11, 2012 7 comments
Rising greenhouse-gas concentrations could make glaciers more likely to crack
A Casimir force for life
Oct 10, 2012 4 comments
Long-range forces might allow proteins to communicate
Quantum-control pioneers bag 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics
Oct 9, 2012 9 comments
Serge Haroche and David Wineland share SEK 8m prize
The hue of alien Earths
Oct 9, 2012 4 comments
Researchers link the colours of exoplanets to the chances of them harbouring life
Graphene tunnel barrier makes its debut
Oct 8, 2012 1 comment
Spintronics could benefit from wonder material
Tiny spheres simulate crystal melting
Oct 5, 2012 4 comments
Heating a crystal from within opens a new window on phase transitions
Star seen whizzing around supermassive black hole
Oct 4, 2012 9 comments
Discovery could provide test of general relativity
New theory describes ultrathin solar cells
Oct 3, 2012 2 comments
Calculations reveal trade-off between absorption and emission
New cloak promises to be invisible to electrons
Oct 2, 2012 1 comment
Device would be invisible to electrons
Dark-matter alternative tackles elliptical galaxies
Oct 1, 2012 16 comments
MOND succeeds in describing galactic mergers
