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Nanoparticles sink or swim in sewage
Nov 20, 2009
Neutron scattering could help make wastewater nanoparticle free
Binary systems share stardust
Nov 19, 2009 1 comment
Rare glimpse of planet formation in binary star system
UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory
Nov 19, 2009 2 comments
Funding is 'almost certain' to stop after 2012
Photo finish in race for strontium condensate
Nov 18, 2009 1 comment
Isotope’s scattering length is ‘just right’
Holes block light in very thin films
Nov 17, 2009 3 comments
Another strange twist found in the physics of holey materials
Quantum processor executes 160 different operations
Nov 16, 2009 3 comments
Pair of trapped ions is first 'universal' quantum computer
Scientists spy on the first stages of crystal growth
Nov 13, 2009
Beginnings of crystallization observed for the first time
Distant stars shed light on the solar cycle
Nov 12, 2009 169 comments
Are sustained solar minima the norm?
Isotope study puts a chill on ancient oceans
Nov 11, 2009
Early life may have formed in seas cooler than previously thought
APS rejects plea to alter stance on climate change
Nov 11, 2009 63 comments
American Physical Society maintains view that human activities are causing global warming
X-ray diffraction microscopy peers into tiny cells
Nov 10, 2009 1 comment
'Plunge-freezing' living cells could improve 3D imaging
Laser creates record-breaking protons
Nov 9, 2009 14 comments
High-energy protons could yield compact source for cancer therapy
Vitaly Ginzburg: 1916–2009
Nov 9, 2009 3 comments
Eminent Nobel-prize-winning Russian theorist dies on 8 November aged 93
'Universal' equation describes how materials behave at nanoscale
Nov 5, 2009 2 comments
'No supercomputers involved', says physicist