Lithium joins the superconductors
When subjected to high pressures lithium has the highest superconducting transition temperature of any element
Hollow core cuts Raman thresholds
Photonic fibres could shift gas-based nonlinear optics into a new regime
X-rays illuminate nova explosions
Astronomers assemble the first “before and after” pictures of a nova
Nobel Prize rewards neutrino astrophysics and X-ray astronomy
Ray Davis, Masatoshi Koshiba and Riccardo Giacconi share the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics
Beer paper wins Ig Nobel physics prize
A German physicist has received the 2002 Ig Nobel prize in physics
Quantum key travels record distance
Scientists have set a new record for free-space quantum cryptography
Pugwash urges end to weapons
Britain must decide now not to build successor to Trident, say scientists
Invisible circuits in a flash
A new transparent conductor could revolutionize optoelectronics
Charmed particles at the double
Doubly charmed baryons have puzzled particle physicists
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Atom lithography sees the light
A new technique for making integrated circuits draws on the principles of magnetic resonance imaging
