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News: February 2002
Micro-jets make designer droplets
Feb 28, 2002
Electrically tailored drops of liquid could aid drug delivery and food processing
Spacecraft join forces at Jupiter
Feb 27, 2002
Cassini-Huygens and Galileo probe the magnetic make-up of the giant planet
The physics of personal income
Feb 26, 2002
Condensed matter statistics shows that salary spread is a universal law
Prizes reward geophysics and optoelectronics
Feb 22, 2002
2002 Crafoord and Rank prizes recognize planetary science and fibre-optic technology
Crystals give clues to ancient cosmetics
Feb 21, 2002
X-ray diffraction reveals how Egyptians made their characteristic black eye make-up
Semiconductor laser makes broadband debut
Feb 20, 2002
Applications abound across the spectrum for ‘quantum cascade’ technique
Acoustics sound out strained steel
Feb 19, 2002
New device could monitor the condition of axles in trains and motor vehicles
Spider-Man spins a web of contacts
Feb 15, 2002
The complex network that links characters in Marvel comics is no joke
Molecules test electron dipole
Feb 14, 2002
New measurements of the electron’s charge distribution should lead to advances in particle physics
Triple jump lights up laser
Feb 13, 2002
‘Three-photon excitation’ could lead to advances in fibre optics, data storage and medical imaging
Supernova link to ancient extinction
Feb 13, 2002
Iron in the Earth’s crust gives clue to marine extinction two million years ago
Rare decay claim stirs controversy
Feb 11, 2002
Physicists divided over double-beta decay breakthrough
"Lasetron" could probe the nucleus
Feb 8, 2002
Pulses of radiation just zeptoseconds long could be generated with existing lasers
Scrunched sheets resist pressure
Feb 8, 2002
The relationship between a crumpled sheet and the force applied to it is surprisingly complex
Silica spheres make low-power laser
Feb 6, 2002
Compact new laser source could be used to probe the quantum nature of light
New letters expose war-time secrets
Feb 6, 2002
Previously unseen letters by Niels Bohr reveal why Werner Heisenberg visited him in 1941
Sound waves size up sonoluminescence
Feb 5, 2002
A new technique could help to explain how some imploding bubbles emit light
New experiment to probe neutrino mass
Feb 1, 2002
Observations of a rare kind of beta decay could shed light on dark matter