Soft matter and liquids Research update Water powers novel chips A new kind of integrated circuit runs on water instead of electricity
Telescopes and space missions Research update Poles hint at past climate on Mars New evidence is set to reveal the history of our nearest neighbour
Superconductivity Research update Bell Labs physicist fired for misconduct Jan Hendrik Schön has been charged with 16 counts of scientific misconduct
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Laser pioneer loses court battle The inventor of the blue LED and laser cannot reclaim his patent rights
Detectors and sensors Research update Cosmic microwaves get polarized New measurements of the cosmic microwave background probe the dynamics of the early universe
Particles and interactions Research update Cold antiatoms arrive in large numbers Physicists at CERN have made 50,000 cold antihydrogen atoms
Telescopes and space missions Research update NASA names the successor to Hubble NASA has awarded a contract worth $825m to TRW to build the James Webb Space Telescope
Semiconductors and electronics Research update HP announces molecular electronics breakthrough Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have made the highest density memory chip
Structure and dynamics Research update Nuclei reveal novel decay Physicists have observed two-proton radioactivity
Ultracold matter Research update Optical tweezers grab the limelight A self-correcting laser beam can manipulate particles in new ways Read article: Optical tweezers grab the limelight
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