News: June 2003
Entanglement bridges the Danube
Jun 30, 2003
Austrian physicists have set a new record for entangling photons
Nanotubes go their separate ways
Jun 27, 2003
German researchers have developed a way to separate metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
Nanocrystals double up
Jun 26, 2003
Researchers have made a new type of ‘metamaterial’ from magnetic and semiconducting building blocks
Giant jets caught on camera
Jun 25, 2003
Physicists may have found the missing link in the Earth’s ‘global electric circuit’
Room-temperature single-electron devices made easier
Jun 24, 2003
Physicists have made a silicon single-electron transistor that works at 300 K
Super-cool thermometer relies on noise
Jun 20, 2003
Researchers have made a new type of thermometer to measure low temperatures
RHIC unveils new results
Jun 18, 2003
Brookhaven researchers claim to have come the closest yet to creating a quark-gluon plasma
Micromachines made easy
Jun 18, 2003
Scientists have demonstrated a new microfabrication technique by making a micro pinball table
Celebrating Einstein with dance
Jun 17, 2003
New work will mark the centenary of Einstein's brilliant year
Fuel cells: environmental friend or foe?
Jun 13, 2003
The hydrogen used in fuel cells could significantly damage the ozone layer
New look for space shuttle tiles
Jun 12, 2003
Engineers have designed much improved protective tiles for spacecraft
Closing in on neutron stars
Jun 11, 2003
Astronomers have measured the magnetic field of an isolated neutron star for the first time
Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope
Jun 11, 2003
Italian physicists have found similarities between 500-year-old ceramics and modern metal-glass composites
Cryptography breaks 100 km barrier
Jun 9, 2003
UK researchers describe a record-breaking ‘unhackable’ link.
Water reaches new depths
Jun 6, 2003
Swiss geophysicists have found evidence for water deep inside the Earth’s upper mantle
'Gecko tape' sticks with polymer fibres
Jun 5, 2003
Physicists have made adhesive tape that does not rely on glue
Hydrogen goes universal
Jun 4, 2003
The electronic properties of hydrogen are similar in many different materials
Insects stay cool with thermoelectricity
Jun 3, 2003
Israeli researchers have found the first natural heat pump in a living creature
Mars Express takes off
Jun 2, 2003
The European Space Agency’s mission has been successfully launched