Read article: Zooming in on the Eros asteroid
Zooming in on the Eros asteroid
Images from the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft provide clues to the young solar system
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Read article: Zooming in on the Eros asteroid
Cracking the Brazil nut problem
Segregation in a bowl of nuts may be akin to condensation in gases
Read article: Jets on Jupiter: first view of an auroral flare
Jets on Jupiter: first view of an auroral flare
The solar wind and the giant planet's magnetic field combine to produce a huge plume
Plutonium puzzle pieced together
A hybrid theory solves the long-standing riddle of the element's structure
Magic material flips refractive index
A radical material with a negative refractive index could revolutionise optoelectronics
Internet aids the spread of computer viruses
The structure of the Internet allows viruses to propagate surprisingly easily
Slingshot test for general relativity
The gravitational pull on a spacecraft could be the best test yet of relativity
Read article: What it’s like to be in business
What it’s like to be in business
Bob Claridge explains what skills you require to succeed as a physicist in the hard-nosed world of business
Clusters challenge common sense
Astronomers have long known that an isolated gravitational system, such as a star, has a negative heat capacity: when energy is added it expands and cools. Now Hellmut Haberland and co-workers at the University of Freiburg in Germany have demonstrated a more down-to-earth example. Recently they have shown that an isolated cluster of 147 sodium […]
Read article: New metallic superconductor makes an immediate impact
New metallic superconductor makes an immediate impact
Superconductivity – the complete loss of electrical resistance in certain metals when cooled to low temperatures – continues to hold surprises. Hot on the heels of the discovery of charge-induced superconductivity at 50 K on the surface of carbon-60 molecules late last year comes the discovery of bulk superconductivity at temperatures approaching 40 K in magnesium diboride. […]
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