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News: January 2001
Speed skating for water droplets
Jan 25, 2001
Super-fast drops could improve printing, lithography and surgical techniques
Old riddle illuminates solar system's birth
Jan 25, 2001
Ancient paradox lends a hand to modern astronomy
DIY black holes could supply the missing link
Jan 24, 2001
Benchtop 'black holes' could bridge the gap between relativity and quantum mechanics
Night-time on Venus
Jan 18, 2001
Signals from the dark side of Venus shed light on our neighbour's atmosphere
Playing stop and go with light
Jan 18, 2001
Light brought to a halt in ultracold gas could be used in quantum computation
Cell-phone capacity multiplies
Jan 18, 2001
Polarized electromagnetic waves boost the capacity of radio signals
11 key questions about the universe
Jan 18, 2001
US experts identify the hottest topics in particle physics and astronomy
Physics and the stock market: playing with fire
Jan 17, 2001
Combustion theory predicts when shares will jump in value
Superconductivity: it's in the genes
Jan 12, 2001
The very stuff we're made of can act as a superconductor
Photonics and particles win 2001 King Faisal prize
Jan 10, 2001
Optical communications and cosmology are recognised by the prize
The Milky Way's last meal
Jan 10, 2001
Wandering stars could be remains of a small galaxy absorbed long ago
