News: July 2005
Quantum boost for optical clocks
Jul 28, 2005
New approach to laser spectroscopy could lead to more accurate time-keeping
Geoneutrinos make their debut
Jul 27, 2005
Fundamental particles could offer new way to probe inside the Earth
Surfaces have built-in "fingerprints"
Jul 27, 2005
Laser-based technique could replace existing security measures such as holograms
Electric fields move water droplets
Jul 26, 2005
New effect could be used to automate experiments in chemistry
Timing electrons
Jul 21, 2005
Physicists have measured the time it takes an electron to hop between atoms
New light on the weak force
Jul 20, 2005
Particle physicists show that the weak interaction varies with distance
Is bubble fusion back?
Jul 15, 2005
Physicists say they have found supporting evidence for nuclear fusion in a tabletop device
Prizes reward high-energy physics
Jul 14, 2005
The European Physical Society has announced the winners of its 2005 awards
New exoplanet defies theory
Jul 13, 2005
Astronomers have discovered a new planet in a star system that contains three Suns
Understanding the Boxing Day earthquake
Jul 13, 2005
GPS data have confirmed that the earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami happened very quickly
Fingernails store personal information
Jul 11, 2005
Japanese researchers are using femtosecond laser pulses to write data into human fingernails
Swimming around in circles
Jul 5, 2005
Researchers learn more about the behaviour of E. coli near solid surfaces
Crash exposes comet's inner secrets
Jul 4, 2005
"Deep Impact" has successfully crashed into comet Tempel 1