Molecular dots rise for information storage
Scientists make a high-density molecular memory device
First quasars shed light on the early universe
Astrophysicists find new evidence for how the first large galaxies were formed
Adaptive optics may help opticians
A technique from astronomy could help fight eye disease
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
Nanowire lasers go electric
Scientists have made the first electrically driven nanowire laser
Read article: Nanowire lasers go electric
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
