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News: June 2012
Privately funded spacecraft will look for dangerous asteroids
Jun 28, 2012 3 comments
B612 Foundation wants to protect humanity from deadly collisions
Super-tornadoes spotted in the Sun
Jun 29, 2012 7 comments
Giant swirls of gas could explain why the corona is so hot
Graphene drumheads double as quantum dots
Jun 27, 2012 10 comments
Strain alters the electronic properties of carbon-based material
Hydrogel electronics makes its debut
Jun 26, 2012 5 comments
Nanostructured gel could lead to better sensors and supercapacitors
Putting a new twist on optical communications
Jun 25, 2012 10 comments
Orbital angular momentum boosts data transmission
Frequency comb helps kill dangerous bacteria
Jun 22, 2012 1 comment
Spectroscopy technique monitors decontamination
Plasmons spotted in graphene
Jun 21, 2012 5 comments
Gate-controlled devices could act as optical switches
Gigapixel camera pushes resolution limit
Jun 20, 2012 13 comments
Camera uses "multiscale" lenses to combat inherent defects
Silicene pops out of the plane
Jun 20, 2012 1 comment
Silicon-based version of graphene could offer greater flexibility
UK should lead on open-access publishing, says report
Jun 19, 2012 7 comments
Research-funding structures must change to adapt to switch from subscription-based journals
Electrons feel the heat in new graphene photodetector
Jun 18, 2012
Bolometer could be used in security, medicine and astronomy
Spintronic film senses magnetic fields
Jun 15, 2012 2 comments
Organic sensor can be integrated in a chip
'Seabed carpet' could harness wave energy
Jun 14, 2012 12 comments
Storm-resistant technology should also calm the seas
Phonon theory sheds light on liquid thermodynamics
Jun 13, 2012 6 comments
Physicists dip into old ideas to tackle heat capacity
New tuner could bring terahertz to the masses
Jun 12, 2012 6 comments
CMOS device delivers 10,000 times more power than predecessors
Fused molecules guide magnetic plasmons
Jun 11, 2012 2 comments
Waveguides offer new direction for nanoplasmonics
Solid-state quantum memories set endurance records
Jun 8, 2012 10 comments
New devices may match ions in quantum-memory stakes
Secret of super-power shrimp revealed
Jun 7, 2012 5 comments
Combination of materials gives aquarium-busting strength
Yeast helps physicists forecast population collapse
Jun 6, 2012 15 comments
Warning signs of deadly "tipping points" seen in the lab
'Schrödinger's hat' could spy on quantum particles
Jun 4, 2012 9 comments
Modified invisibility cloak could find use in quantum computers
World set for the 2012 transit of Venus
Jun 5, 2012 5 comments
Ultra-rare astronomical event begins at 2200 h UTC on 5 June and will not be seen again until 2117
