News: March 2013
Graphene loudspeaker could rival commercial speakers and earphones
Mar 29, 2013 8 comments
Device uses much less power than conventional speakers
Ultrathin 'metascreen' forms latest invisibility cloak
Mar 28, 2013 1 comment
Device can cloak 3D objects in all directions
Amino acids allow bacterial 'nanowires' to conduct electricity
Mar 27, 2013 2 comments
Research could allow similar materials to be synthesized in the lab
Why water prefers the single life
Mar 26, 2013 7 comments
Researchers challenge idea that liquid water has two separate forms
Earth is closer to the edge of Sun's habitable zone
Mar 25, 2013 12 comments
Climate could become a "moist greenhouse"
Intense terahertz pulses cause DNA damage and repair
Mar 22, 2013 3 comments
Pulses show potential for medical therapy
Putting a new spin on photons
Mar 21, 2013 7 comments
Giant photonic spin Hall effect observed in metamaterials
Planck reveals 'almost perfect' universe
Mar 21, 2013 21 comments
Space mission releases first cosmology results
Deep-sea imaging reveals how tectonic plates slide
Mar 20, 2013
New layer of melt seen at plate–mantle boundary
Atmospheric ozone variations could affect transatlantic fliers
Mar 20, 2013 2 comments
Scientists question current avoidance strategy
Physicists bang the drum for quantum memory
Mar 19, 2013 4 comments
Data stored and retrieved on thin aluminium disc using vibrations
Nanoparticle coatings determine how superlattices grow
Mar 18, 2013 6 comments
X-ray studies could lead to new types of designer materials
Micro black holes could form at lower-than-expected energies
Mar 15, 2013 16 comments
Colliding particles act like gravitational lenses and focus energy to form a single black hole
Feynman's double-slit experiment gets a makeover
Mar 14, 2013 18 comments
Latest version of famous thought experiment is truest yet, say physicists
Cold hydrogen molecules found on hot stars
Mar 13, 2013 5 comments
Surprise discovery could improve our understanding of white dwarfs
Holographic imaging technique looks through flames
Mar 12, 2013 4 comments
Method could be used by firefighters, as well as in biomedical monitors
Quantum refrigerator is efficient and reusable
Mar 12, 2013 7 comments
Tunnelling electrons chill large objects to below 300 mK
First weak measurements made on optical polarization states
Mar 11, 2013 4 comments
Technique could find use in quantum computers
Tomography reveals nanocrystal superlattice
Mar 8, 2013 3 comments
Technique shows detailed 3D structure of technologically important nanosolids
LHCb nails D-meson 'flipping' from matter to antimatter
Mar 7, 2013 7 comments
New result at 9.1σ could point towards CP violation
Star-shaped waves spotted in shaken fluid
Mar 7, 2013 6 comments
Nonlinear waves interact to break symmetry
Atmospheric electricity affects cloud height
Mar 6, 2013 8 comments
Study connects clouds and cosmic rays
Ernest Moniz nominated as US energy secretary
Mar 5, 2013 4 comments
Obama administration opts for MIT physicist in top energy role
Water dimers detected in atmospheric conditions
Mar 4, 2013 1 comment
Discovery could improve understanding of Earth's radiation balance
Online-learning provider edX doubles to a dozen members
Mar 4, 2013 1 comment
Harvard–MIT education project gains its first international partners
Nanotube transistors detect cancer biomarkers
Mar 1, 2013 2 comments
New technique could give conventional immunoassays a run for their money