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News: May 2001
Optical clocks look up
May 31, 2001
Visible radiation from metal ions is used to create the word's most accurate clock
New superconductor gets ready for applications
May 31, 2001
Magnesium diboride gears up for the real world following a rash of technical breakthroughs
Lively proteins move and shake
May 23, 2001
Biophysicists find that proteins are much more dynamic than previously thought
Nitrogen tally tests the nebula
May 21, 2001
Nitrogen in Jupiter's atmosphere provide clues to the make-up of the pre-planetary nebula
Comet collapse opens a window on the past
May 18, 2001
The surprise break-up of a comet give astronomers a bonus insight into how planets form
Baby star blows a bubble
May 17, 2001
A mysterious sphere inflating in a 'star nursery' confounds astronomers
Elastic laser spans the spectrum
May 16, 2001
Fibre optics could benefit from a stretchy laser that changes colour
The magnetic mysteries of atom clusters
May 15, 2001
Small groups of atoms can add unusual magnetic effects to their peculiar thermal properties
Carbon clock could show the wrong time
May 10, 2001
Ancient stalagmites suggest that carbon dating could be inaccurate
Cannibal star ate planet
May 9, 2001
Lithium in the atmosphere of a distant star suggests that it may have engulfed a huge planet
Into the Antiworld
May 4, 2001
Dirac's earth-shattering realisation that antimatter exists is played out in a dramatic stage show
Wonder wire puts up no resistance
May 3, 2001
A wire made from a perfect crystal can transmit electricity with no resistance
Particle beams that bend like light
May 2, 2001
A delicate layer of gas can deflect an electron beam that is strong enough to pierce steel
Early universe comes into focus
May 1, 2001
New tests of cosmic microwaves support the Big Bang theory
