UK physics funding plans are approved
Input from physics community benefits LHCb
Seeking an African Einstein
New centre for maths and computer science opens in Nigeria as part of plan to find the "next Einstein" in Africa
Read article: Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings
Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings
Gravitational lensing measurement suggets that cosmic strings make up no more than 2% of mass of universe
Gamma-rays put limit on universe’s background light
Radiation from distant quasar travels relatively unhindered to Earth
Read article: Glass arrested on the road to crystallization
Glass arrested on the road to crystallization
Experiments on colloidal gels shed light on how glass is formed
Viruses get X-rayed
New technique generates X-ray diffraction images of single viruses
Read article: Rising cost of oil ‘due to speculation’
Rising cost of oil ‘due to speculation’
Statistical physics-based study implies growing demand cannot account entirely for trend
Read article: Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Interactions between convection cells and solid objects provide insight into how 'supercontinents' form and then break apart
CERN hopes LHC report will dispel doomsday fears
New report reinforces earlier conclusion that there is no cause for concern from strangelets or black holes
Read article: ‘Excitonic integrated circuit’ is a first
‘Excitonic integrated circuit’ is a first
Device used excitons to switch beams of light
