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News: December 2003

Highlights of the year

Dec 19, 2003

PhysicsWeb chooses its top ten stories of the year

A BRIL-I-NT new game for C-R-STMAS

Dec 19, 2003

Two nuclear physicists have invented their own word game

Magnetism on the move

Dec 17, 2003

The Peierls potential has been seen for the first time in a crystal

New doubts on dark energy

Dec 17, 2003

X-ray observations open up mystery about the nature of the universe

Another superconductor shows up

Dec 16, 2003

Japanese physicists have discovered a second pyrochlore superconductor

Radio waves tackle dehydration

Dec 12, 2003

New style wristwatch could measure body-water losses

Switching light on and off

Dec 10, 2003

Research on slow light has moved up a gear

Indium nitride springs a surprise

Dec 9, 2003

Absence of Schottky barrier could benefit applications

Radar reveals asteroid force

Dec 5, 2003

Astronomers have measured a non-gravitational acceleration in an asteroid

Solar activity reaches new high

Dec 2, 2003

Measurements of polar ice reveal Sun's history

Scientists bring light to sharpest focus

Dec 1, 2003

Researchers create the smallest spot size ever with radially-polarized light.