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Apr 4, 2013 7 comments
Results could be a sign of dark-matter annihilation, but more data are needed
Tiny rods and paddle make new thermal sensor
Apr 3, 2013 2 comments
Infrared detector could bring night vision to mobile phones
New class of 'mini supernovae' discovered
Apr 2, 2013 2 comments
White-dwarf companion star might survive subsequent explosion
Graphene loudspeaker could rival commercial speakers and earphones
Mar 29, 2013 8 comments
Device uses much less power than conventional speakers
Ultrathin 'metascreen' forms latest invisibility cloak
Mar 28, 2013 1 comment
Device can cloak 3D objects in all directions
Amino acids allow bacterial 'nanowires' to conduct electricity
Mar 27, 2013 2 comments
Research could allow similar materials to be synthesized in the lab
Why water prefers the single life
Mar 26, 2013 7 comments
Researchers challenge idea that liquid water has two separate forms
Earth is closer to the edge of Sun's habitable zone
Mar 25, 2013 12 comments
Climate could become a "moist greenhouse"
Intense terahertz pulses cause DNA damage and repair
Mar 22, 2013 3 comments
Pulses show potential for medical therapy
Putting a new spin on photons
Mar 21, 2013 7 comments
Giant photonic spin Hall effect observed in metamaterials
Planck reveals 'almost perfect' universe
Mar 21, 2013 21 comments
Space mission releases first cosmology results
Deep-sea imaging reveals how tectonic plates slide
Mar 20, 2013
New layer of melt seen at plate–mantle boundary
Atmospheric ozone variations could affect transatlantic fliers
Mar 20, 2013 2 comments
Scientists question current avoidance strategy
Physicists bang the drum for quantum memory
Mar 19, 2013 4 comments
Data stored and retrieved on thin aluminium disc using vibrations
Nanoparticle coatings determine how superlattices grow
Mar 18, 2013 6 comments
X-ray studies could lead to new types of designer materials









