Renewables Research update Modellers predict doubly bad global warming Business-as-usual will cause temperature rise of 5.2° by 2100, warn MIT scientists
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Read article: Chip targets cold atoms Ultracold matter Research update Chip targets cold atoms New trapping method could lead to single-atom sources
Publishing Research update ‘Knowledge engine’ hits the Web Wolfram Alpha helps you stop electrons, but comes up short on quantum physics
Telescopes and space missions Research update Do satellite galaxies point to modified gravity? Dwarfs don't seem to contain dark matter
Read article: Antarctic input to rising oceans ‘overestimated’ Climate Research update Antarctic input to rising oceans ‘overestimated’ Study halves previous estimates of western Antarctic ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise
Optical physics Research update Bright white light from organic LEDs Physicists switch on energy efficient light bulb made from organic phosphor
Read article: Europe launches cosmic explorers Telescopes and space missions Research update Europe launches cosmic explorers Herschel and Planck satellites to investigate the early universe