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Helium atoms get the ride of their life
Oct 29, 2009 4 comments
'Ponderomotive' forces could boost surface science
Special relativity passes key test
Oct 28, 2009 24 comments
Lorentz invariance holds at the Planck length
'High-payoff' energy research receives US cash boost
Oct 28, 2009 36 comments
Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m
Plasmons shine a light on catalysis
Oct 27, 2009
New optical technique can examine catalysts under "real-life" conditions
Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole
Oct 26, 2009 4 comments
Lab-based experiment could further our understanding of black holes and neutron stars
Bacteria power micro-ratchet
Oct 23, 2009 6 comments
The chaotic motion of bacteria can rotate a tiny cog wheel
String theorist takes over from Hawking
Oct 20, 2009 23 comments
Michael Green unveiled as Cambridge University's next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
Electrons reveal DNA without destroying it
Oct 20, 2009 3 comments
Holography uncovers individual biomolecules
Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Oct 19, 2009 3 comments
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist
Enter the yoctosecond
Oct 16, 2009 6 comments
Particle collisions could yield ultrashort light pulses
Chemical signature could help locate Earth-like planets
Oct 16, 2009 3 comments
Planet formation could have affected Sun's composition
IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system
Oct 15, 2009 8 comments
First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists
Charges band together in graphene
Oct 15, 2009 2 comments
"Wonder material" exhibits collective behaviour
‘Magnetic charge’ measured in spin ice
Oct 15, 2009 4 comments
Physicists get a closer look at monopole currents