News: November 2004
Physicists tackle linguistics
Nov 30, 2004
Two theorists in Germany have proposed a model to simulate the rise and fall of languages
Astrophysicist thinks big
Nov 25, 2004
Could Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons, be used to detect neutrinos?
Axion experiment makes its debut
Nov 24, 2004
CERN experiments improves existing limits but axions remain elusive
Good news for causality
Nov 18, 2004
Swiss physicists measure the "signal velocity" of light for the first time
Neutrino oscillations are here to stay
Nov 17, 2004
KamLAND experiment sees elusive particle disappear and then re-appear
Equivalence principle passes atomic test
Nov 16, 2004
Rubidium experiments confirm that Einstein was right
Hall effect takes a spin
Nov 12, 2004
The use of electric fields to control electron spins could have applications in spintronics
Superconductors take an odd turn
Nov 11, 2004
Conclusive evidence for "spin-triplet" superconductivity has been seen for the first time
A train that runs on feathers
Nov 10, 2004
Red blood cells and snowboards inspire new approach to transport
IBM tops supercomputing table
Nov 9, 2004
The Blue Gene/L machine that is being built to simulate nuclear weapons is the fastest computer in the world
A new type of solar cell
Nov 4, 2004
Japanese researchers have developed a photoelectric device that can also store energy
Saturn gets a shock
Nov 3, 2004
Space scientists have watched an interplanetary shock travel from the Sun past the Earth and Jupiter to Saturn
To see more neutrinos, just add salt
Nov 1, 2004
A large pinch of gadolinium trichloride could greatly extend the reach of the Super-Kamiokande neutrino experiment