Extracting electricity from water
Researchers from Canada have discovered the first new way to generate electricity for 160 years
Negative-index materials made easy
Single crystal demonstrates negative refraction
Read article: Frogs turn to physics
Frogs turn to physics
How can aquatic frogs catch prey by night?
New conductor stands the heat
Scientists have made an alloy that does not expand or contract when heated
Nanothermometers feel the heat
Nanotubes can now be used to measure temperature in non-vacuum conditions
Darmstadt gets credit for new elements
110 and 111 belong to GSI but heavier elements are still up for grabs
Read article: Is the universe a dodecahedron?
Is the universe a dodecahedron?
Cosmologists might have to rethink their most basic ideas about space
Nobel prize goes to low-temperature theorists
Abrikosov, Ginzburg and Leggett share 2003 prize for work on superfluidity and superconductivity
Read article: Physicist shares Nobel prize for medicine
Physicist shares Nobel prize for medicine
Nobel committee recognizes magnetic resonance imaging
Read article: Have physicists seen magnetic monopoles?
Have physicists seen magnetic monopoles?
Mysterious particles may show up in momentum space in crystals
