Cold molecules come of age
Physicists have observed novel molecular states in cesium and helium
Carbonates found on Mars
Discovery confirms that Red planet was not warm and wet for a long period in the past
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Nanotubes boost ceramic performance
Ceramic insulators become conducting when carbon nanotubes are added
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Squeezed light breaks quantum barrier
Physicists have made an ultra-precise laser pointer with squeezed beams of light
Microscope sketches quantum circuits
Erasable lithography will make life easier for semiconductor physicists
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Lasers tackle radioactive waste
Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Amino acid detected in space
The detection of glycine in the Milky Way could help us understand the origins of life in the universe
Dirac Medal recognizes work on turbulence
The 2003 Dirac Medal has been awarded to Robert Kraichnan and Vladimir Zakharov
Quantum logic gate lights up
An all-optical quantum gate has been made in a semiconductor quantum dot
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Where do supernovae come from?
The detection of hydrogen near a type 1a supernova could help pin down the origins of these stellar explosions
