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News: July 2012
Italian researchers warn of 'worrying imprudence' over cuts
Jul 31, 2012 3 comments
Spending review decree is approved by senate
Hairy solution to making sensitive artificial skin
Jul 30, 2012 1 comment
Simple sensor can measure pressure, shear and torsion
Polymers help assemble complex nanofeatures
Jul 27, 2012 1 comment
New technique from MIT could help pack more electronic components onto a microchip
Intel invests in extreme-ultraviolet lithography
Jul 26, 2012 4 comments
US company takes a 15% stake in Dutch firm ASML
Prototype ‘Mott transistor’ developed
Jul 25, 2012 3 comments
Phase transition found to occur through bulk of material
Artificial jellyfish engineered from rat heart cells
Jul 24, 2012 4 comments
Study could provide first steps towards reverse-engineering the human heart
X-rays probe the origins of hotspot volcanoes
Jul 23, 2012 1 comment
Experiment may provide evidence for "mantle plume" hypothesis
New chemical bonds possible in extreme magnetic fields
Jul 20, 2012 6 comments
Helium molecules could form near neutron stars
Do dolphins think nonlinearly?
Jul 19, 2012 4 comments
Complex sonar processing sees through bubbles
Graphene defects tracked as they creep and climb
Jul 19, 2012 1 comment
Electron microscope maps dislocations with unprecedented resolution
Physicists solve Casimir conundrum
Jul 18, 2012 3 comments
Drude model is right choice for calculating force
UK to support open access
Jul 17, 2012 6 comments
Government accepts conclusion from report into open-access publishing
Particle trapped with light and heat
Jul 16, 2012 2 comments
System allows precise measurement of thermal forces acting on tiny particles
Galaxy cluster motion seen for the first time
Jul 13, 2012 4 comments
Method could also be used to measure cosmological distances
New metamaterial switches handedness on demand
Jul 12, 2012 5 comments
Artificial chirality-switching structure could boost terahertz devices
Waves of migration could help heal tissue
Jul 11, 2012 1 comment
Ultraslow oscillation plays role in how cells move
Quantum-dot mixture could boost solar cells
Jul 10, 2012 2 comments
New structure extends the lifetimes of charge carriers
Bouncing droplets simulate Zeeman effect
Jul 9, 2012 13 comments
"Walkers" could boost Bohm interpretation quantum mechanics
No-touch technique to measure softness
Jul 6, 2012 1 comment
Nanoscale fluid flows used to probe thin films
Dark-matter filament spotted
Jul 6, 2012 8 comments
Astrophysicists detect extra, invisible mass between galaxy clusters
New boson sparks call for 'Higgs factory'
Jul 5, 2012 20 comments
Former CERN boss Carlo Rubbia outlines vision for muon collider
It's a boson, but what sort?
Jul 5, 2012 38 comments
CERN physicists digest implications of historic discovery
CERN discovers Higgs-like boson
Jul 4, 2012 37 comments
But is the new particle the Higgs as we know it?
Space–time crystals on the horizon
Jul 3, 2012 6 comments
How to build a crystal that is ordered in time as well as space
Tiny pressure sensor takes off
Jul 2, 2012 4 comments
Butterfly aerodynamics measured for the first time
