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News: December 2005
Ferromagnets and superconductors make negative-index materials
Dec 20, 2005
Physicists have discovered a new type of negative-refractive-index material
Hubble reveals dark-matter details
Dec 15, 2005
Astronomers have located dark matter in two young galaxy clusters
Fluids mix in reverse
Dec 14, 2005
Beads stirred in a viscous fluid can amazingly return to their starting positions if the direction of mixing is reversed
Ions trapped on a chip
Dec 13, 2005
New microscale traps could allow many qubits to be integrated in a workable quantum computer
DNA pyramids make their debut
Dec 9, 2005
Physicists develop DNA tetrahedra that can be used as building blocks for nanostructures
Perseus arm is closer than thought
Dec 8, 2005
New measurements suggest the distance to the Milky Way's nearest spiral arm is less than astronomers previously believed
Ministers support Europe in space
Dec 7, 2005
The European Space Agency gets nearly full funding for its forthcoming activities
Photons create primitive quantum network
Dec 7, 2005
Single photons can be stored in an atomic cloud and retrieved without losing their quantum character
Exploding dark-matter balls predicted
Dec 6, 2005
Physicists think a new form of dark matter may exist
Exotic materials and pulsars win European prize
Dec 2, 2005
Researchers studying "left-handed" materials and pulsars are awarded shares of the €1m Descartes Prize