Fires destroy world-renowned observatory
Bush fires have gutted the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia
New look for Cerenkov radiation
Theorists have predicted surprising properties for Cerenkov radiation in photonic crystals
Bad news for code breakers
Physicists have demonstrated a new form of quantum cryptography
Read article: Nanowire lasers go electric
Nanowire lasers go electric
Scientists have made the first electrically driven nanowire laser
Comet chaser is grounded
Doubts about the reliability of the Ariane 5 rocket have forced ESA to postpone its long-awaited Rosetta mission.
Life, death and physics
Physicists might have explained the “mortality plateau”
Nanotechnology is good for the heart
Scientists have built a nanoscale device that can detect proteins associated with heart attacks
Rayleigh jets come into view
Physicists have observed “Rayleigh jets” for the first time
Microelectronics goes nanomechanical
Electron transport by nanomechanical means could push microelectronics to its limits
Quantum criticality in your car bumper
Quantum phase transitions cause surprising transformations in material properties
