News: November 2002
Antiprotons probe hyperfine splitting
Nov 29, 2002
Physicists have used anti-protonic helium to investigate the magnetic properties of atoms.
Physics teaching comes down to earth
Nov 29, 2002
Teachers propose Earth Science contexts for physics in the classroom
Light powers artificial membrane
Nov 27, 2002
Researchers build an artificial photosynthetic membrane using light induced electron transfer
Semiconductor lights up solar cells
Nov 22, 2002
Physicists in the US and Japan have discovered gaps in what we know about indium nitride
Imaging an infant brain
Nov 22, 2002
Scientists take the first 3-D images of a newborn baby’s brain using transmitted light measurements
Plasma accelerators take shape
Nov 21, 2002
Researchers use laser pulses in a jet of helium gas in a new approach to particle acceleration
Plutonium is also a superconductor
Nov 20, 2002
Physicists discover superconductivity in a plutonium-based compound
Power from terahertz beams
Nov 14, 2002
Researchers create highest ever terahertz beam by magnetically manipulating electrons inside a particle accelerator
Evidence for dark energy gets stronger
Nov 13, 2002
Astronomers produce new evidence using gravitational lenses
Easy escape for Martian meteorites
Nov 8, 2002
Smaller impacts than previously imagined can eject meteorites into interplanetary space
X-rays probe neutron stars
Nov 6, 2002
Astrophysicists have confirmed that neutron stars do not contain exotic matter
New director at ICTP
Nov 6, 2002
Katepalli Sreenivasan will lead the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
World record for silicon light-emission
Nov 5, 2002
Industrial breakthrough leads the way to integrated optical processing
Electronic devices based on single molecules
Nov 1, 2002
Researchers measure the conductance of a single hydrogen molecule