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News: September 2002
Bell Labs physicist fired for misconduct
Sep 25, 2002
Jan Hendrik Schön has been charged with 16 counts of scientific misconduct
Poles hint at past climate on Mars
Sep 25, 2002
New evidence is set to reveal the history of our nearest neighbour
Laser pioneer loses court battle
Sep 24, 2002
The inventor of the blue LED and laser cannot reclaim his patent rights
Cosmic microwaves get polarized
Sep 19, 2002
New measurements of the cosmic microwave background probe the dynamics of the early universe
Cold antiatoms arrive in large numbers
Sep 18, 2002
Physicists at CERN have made 50,000 cold antihydrogen atoms
NASA names the successor to Hubble
Sep 16, 2002
NASA has awarded a contract worth $825m to TRW to build the James Webb Space Telescope
HP announces molecular electronics breakthrough
Sep 16, 2002
Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have made the highest density memory chip
Optical tweezers grab the limelight
Sep 16, 2002
A self-correcting laser beam can manipulate particles in new ways
Stars prove their magnetic attraction
Sep 16, 2002
New observations confirm that some stars are powered by magnetism
Diamond - a physicist's best friend
Sep 12, 2002
New results pave the way for diamond-based electronics
Female-friendly physics
Sep 11, 2002
Women physicists spell out what needs to be done to close the academic gender gap
Condensate cracks Fermi gas
Sep 10, 2002
Physicists probe the interactions between distinct types of atomic gas