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News: February 2013
New radiation ring spotted in Van Allen belt
Feb 28, 2013 7 comments
Temporary but long-lived "storage ring" of electrons seen
Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit
Feb 27, 2013 22 comments
Astronomers make best measurement yet of black-hole rotation
Polymer capacitor dazzles flash manufacturer
Feb 26, 2013 4 comments
New material leads to better flashes for mobile-phone cameras
Gold nanocages could image and treat tumours
Feb 25, 2013 2 comments
Cerenkov emitters show promise for cancer therapy
Mosh-pit physics could save lives
Feb 22, 2013 2 comments
Simulations of heavy-metal fans could lead to safer public spaces
Search for 'unparticles' focuses on Earth's crust
Feb 21, 2013 8 comments
Evidence for a fifth force could lie beneath our feet
Robert Richardson: 1937–2013
Feb 21, 2013 1 comment
Superfluidity pioneer who shared 1996 Nobel prize dies at 75
Graphene transistors give bioelectronics a boost
Feb 20, 2013
Devices could find use in retinal implants
Scientists delve deeper into carbon nanotubes
Feb 19, 2013 4 comments
Technique provides wealth of new information about multi-walled structures
Physicists propose 'wireless' solar cells
Feb 18, 2013 4 comments
Oxide interfaces could boost solar-cell performance
Quantum computers turn mechanical
Feb 15, 2013 6 comments
Qubits might be stored using a tiny piece of vibrating metal
Physicists discover key to ultra-stable bearings
Feb 15, 2013 3 comments
Mass–radius relation for individual discs realized
Supernova origin of galactic cosmic rays confirmed
Feb 14, 2013 6 comments
Characteristic signature of neutral-pion decay spotted
The quantum coin toss
Feb 13, 2013 27 comments
Randomness reflects fundamental uncertainty, not ignorance
Tungstenite triangles emit light
Feb 13, 2013 6 comments
2D material could find applications in lasers and LEDs
Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit
Feb 12, 2013 4 comments
High magnetic fields could let white dwarfs get bigger before exploding
Searching for magnetic monopoles in polar rocks
Feb 11, 2013 33 comments
Method advantageous for a range of monopole masses and charges
Physicists extract photons from diamond ring
Feb 8, 2013
New device could be used in quantum repeaters
Voltage boosts bubble fluid flow
Feb 7, 2013
Effects could have applications in microfluidic systems
Cellular networks could map rainfall patterns
Feb 6, 2013 3 comments
Method could be used for real-time rainfall monitoring
Stored photons interact in atom cloud
Feb 5, 2013 3 comments
Technique could lead to photon logic gates
Steven Chu steps down as US energy secretary
Feb 4, 2013 6 comments
Nobel laureate plans a return to "academic life"
Diamond downsizes classical MRI and NMR
Feb 1, 2013
Molecular samples detected and imaged at room temperature
