Radiation budget is called to account
Earlier this year a group of some 70 scientists spent an intense week in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado reviewing the current understanding of the radiation budget of the atmosphere....
Positrons go into detail
Over the last 50 years, a number of techniques have been developed to analyse surfaces, near-surface layers and interfaces. Each technique has its own peculiar characteristics, and offers a different ...
Magnetism adds sparkle to combustion
If, in this season of bonfires and fireworks, you find yourself holding a sparkler, you might like to consider the remarkable chemical reaction that is taking place before your eyes. You are actually ...
A quantum leap for cosmology
One of the most challenging problems in modern physics is the application of quantum theory to the universe as a whole. Progress in this area has been plagued by two types of problem: conceptual and t...
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Physicists go for goal
Football scores have been tackled by statistical physics
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Taking a closer look at light
Two new optical probes work on ultrashort and ultrafast scales
US group calls for new linear collider
High-energy physicists lobby for powerful accelerator
Quantum Hall effect gets new dimensions
4D version of 2D effect could give clue to quantum gravity
Leicester imports student hotshots
New scheme brings the brightest students to the UK
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Super shock absorber could protect buildings
Simulations show that a tapered chain of beads could take the sting out of large impacts
