News: September 2003
Hidden graphite atoms revealed
Sep 29, 2003
New atomic force microscope sees atoms that other microscopes cannot
Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses
Sep 19, 2003
Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Nanowires line up for plastic electronics
Sep 18, 2003
Researchers have made cost-effective high-performance thin-film transistors using nanowires and nanoribbons
Silicon joins race to redefine the kilogram
Sep 16, 2003
A new measurement of the Avogadro constant could allow the unit of mass to be defined in terms of atomic and fundamental constants
Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record
Sep 12, 2003
Physicists have cooled a gas of sodium atoms down to less than a nanokelvin
Carbon dating confirms origins of biblical tunnel
Sep 10, 2003
Geologists have used radiometric dating to confirm the age of a water tunnel mentioned in the Bible
Gold lights up biological cells
Sep 9, 2003
Biophysicists have developed a new optical technique to image proteins
Biomolecule behaves like a wave
Sep 5, 2003
Wave-particle duality has been seen in the largest objects yet
A new place to store toxic waste?
Sep 4, 2003
Certain types of low-permeability rocks could be used to contain dangerous waste
Entanglement goes macroscopic
Sep 3, 2003
The effects of quantum entanglement have been observed in the bulk properties of a material for the first time
Dark matter deficiency puts theory in the shade
Sep 1, 2003
A surprise shortfall of dark matter in elliptical galaxies challenges astronomers