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News: August 2003
Quantum effect improves tomography
Aug 28, 2003
Entangled photons can significantly improve the resolution of optical coherence tomography
Turbulent breakthrough in superfluid helium
Aug 27, 2003
A quantum version of the Reynolds number has been seen in a superfluid
Cold molecules come of age
Aug 22, 2003
Physicists have observed novel molecular states in cesium and helium
Carbonates found on Mars
Aug 21, 2003
Discovery confirms that Red planet was not warm and wet for a long period in the past
Nanotubes boost ceramic performance
Aug 20, 2003
Ceramic insulators become conducting when carbon nanotubes are added
Squeezed light breaks quantum barrier
Aug 18, 2003
Physicists have made an ultra-precise laser pointer with squeezed beams of light
Microscope sketches quantum circuits
Aug 14, 2003
Erasable lithography will make life easier for semiconductor physicists
Lasers tackle radioactive waste
Aug 13, 2003
Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Amino acid detected in space
Aug 11, 2003
The detection of glycine in the Milky Way could help us understand the origins of life in the universe
Dirac Medal recognizes work on turbulence
Aug 11, 2003
The 2003 Dirac Medal has been awarded to Robert Kraichnan and Vladimir Zakharov
Quantum logic gate lights up
Aug 8, 2003
An all-optical quantum gate has been made in a semiconductor quantum dot
Where do supernovae come from?
Aug 7, 2003
The detection of hydrogen near a type 1a supernova could help pin down the origins of these stellar explosions
Archaeology turns to superconductivity
Aug 6, 2003
The magnetic properties of lead can be used to date archaeological artefacts
Organic devices get back on track
Aug 4, 2003
After the embarrassment of the Schön affair, research into organic semiconductor devices is moving forward again
Molecules build a bridge to spintronics
Aug 1, 2003
Electron spins have been transferred between quantum dots at room temperature
