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Physics news, 2012                                        back to mamwad

XN-0261 (2012/02/01) pdf detecting sound with a nanoparticle

XN-0260 (2012/01/25) pdf search for Higgs boson
XN-0259 (2012/01/18) pdf energy balance points to man-made climate change
XN-0258 (2012/01/11) pdf high precision carbon dating, using cavity laser
XN-0257 (2012/01/05) pdf Curiosity mission safely launches to Mars

Physics news, 2011                                        back to mamwad

XN-0256 (2011/12/29) pdf observation of the dynamical Casimir effect
XN-0255 (2011/12/22) pdf pristine gas two billion years after the big bang
XN-0254 (2011/12/15) pdf LHC trials proton-lead collisions
XN-0253 (2011/12/08) pdf the astroid 21 Lutetia
XN-0252 (2011/12/02) pdf the characteristics of Eris 
XN-0251 (2011/11/25) pdf wrinkling of pressurized elastic shells 

XN-0250 (2011/11/18) pdf plasmonic generation of ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet light pulses
XN-0249 (2011/11/11) pdf enhancing the supercapacitor by the electrode conductivity
XN-0248 (2011/11/04) pdf three photons for a single electron
XN-0247 (2011/10/28) pdf wakes due to the moon's shadow
XN-0246 (2011/10/22) pdf hot electrons and photocurrent in graphene
XN-0245 (2011/10/16) pdf quasicrystal discovery bags 2011 chemistry Nobel
XN-0244 (2011/10/10) pdf dark-energy pioneers scoop Nobel prize
XN-0243 (2011/10/01) pdf graphene and the universality of the quantum Hall effect
XN-0242 (2011/09/28) pdf towards perfect solar cells, with graphene
XN-0241 (2011/09/19) pdf NASA launches mission to Jupiter

XN-0240 (2011/09/11) pdf forming the lunar farside highlands by accretion of a companion moon
XN-0239 (2011/09/06) pdf hunt for the Higgs enters endgame
XN-0238 (2011/08/28) pdf radioactive decay accounts for half of earth's heat
XN-0237 (2011/08/22) pdf observing the rotational drag of light
XN-0236 (2011/08/14) pdf famous black hole confirmed after 40 years
XN-0235 (2011/08/07) pdf the phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics
XN-0234 (2011/08/01) pdf evidence mounts for muon to electron neutrino oscillation
XN-0233 (2011/07/24) pdf different supernovae of high luminosity
XN-0232 (2011/07/17) pdf magnetic fields reduce blood viscosity
XN-0231 (2011/07/10) pdf improved measurement of the electric dipole of the electron

XN-0230 (2011/07/04) pdf unbound or distant planets detected by gravitational microlensing
XN-0229 (2011/06/27) pdf activated graphite oxide boosts supercapacitors
XN-0228 (2011/06/19) pdf atomic clock is smallest on the market
XN-0227 (2011/06/13) pdf confinement of antihydrogen for 1000 seconds
XN-0226 (2011/06/05) pdf sonoluminescence power record broken
XN-0225 (2011/05/30) pdf metallicity of spiral galaxies, and forming inside out
XN-0224 (2011/05/23) pdf 14-qubit entanglement
XN-0223 (2011/05/16) pdf giant Farady effect with a thin film
XN-0222 (2011/05/09) pdf heaviest ever antimatter discovered
XN-0221 (2011/05/02) pdf Messenger spacecraft enters Mercury orbit

XN-0220 (2011/04/25) pdf single-spin addressing in an atomic Mott insulator
XN-0219 (2011/04/17) pdf possible region for the Higg's mass tightened
XN-0218 (2011/04/12) pdf low-power switching of phase-change materials
XN-0217 (2011/04/05) pdf full-colour quantum dot displays
XN-0216 (2011/03/30) pdf anti-laser created
XN-0215 (2011/03/28) pdf a metamaterial with a very high refractive index in terahertz
XN-0214 (2011/03/23) pdf single-layer Molybdenite transistor
XN-0213 (2011/03/15) pdf observation of the thermal Casimir force
XN-0212 (2011/03/08) pdf data storage using tension
XN-0211 (2011/03/01) pdf nanoparticles boost thermoelectric efficiency

XN-0210 (2011/02/22) pdf holographic video comes up to speed
XN-0209 (2011/02/15) pdf a two dimensional sound cloak
XN-0208 (2011/02/08) pdf Crab Nebula is no longer a standard candle
XN-0207 (2011/02/01) pdf Kepler bags first rocky exoplanet
XN-0206 (2011/01/25) pdf a massive black hole in the center of a dwarf galaxy
XN-0205 (2011/01/18) pdf biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns
XN-0204 (2011/01/12) pdf macroscopic invisible cloak for visible light
XN-0203 (2011/01/05) pdf nanotube rubber stays stretchy at extreme temperatures

Physics news, 2010                                        back to mamwad

XN-0202 (2010/12/28) pdf graphene-based supercapacitor with an ultrahigh energy density
XN-0201 (2010/12/21) pdf trapped antihydrogen

XN-0200 (2010/12/14) pdf giant Faraday rotation in graphene
XN-0199 (2010/12/08) pdf a graphene nanoribbon memory cell
XN-0198 (2010/12/01) pdf a two-solar-mass neutron star
XN-0197 (2010/11/24) pdf Earth-sized planets may be more common than we thought
XN-0196 (2010/11/17) pdf flexible LEDs 
XN-0195 (2010/11/10) pdf asteroid crash would devastate ozone layer
XN-0194 (2010/11/03) pdf building nanometer single crystals with epitaxy
XN-0193 (2010/10/27) pdf Nobel prize in chemistry for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
XN-0192 (2010/10/20) pdf graphene pioneers bag Nobel prize
XN-0191 (2010/10/14) pdf optical clocks and relativity

XN-0190 (2010/10/06) pdf graphene double-layer capacitor 
XN-0189 (2010/09/29) pdf graphene transistor beats speed records
XN-0188 (2010/09/22) pdf Solar system older than we thought
XN-0187 (2010/09/15) pdf optical pacing of the embryonic heart
XN-0186 (2010/09/08) pdf Dirac's birthday medal awarded to weak-force pioneers
XN-0185 (2010/09/01) pdf strain induced pseudo magnetic field in graphene
XN-0184 (2010/08/25) pdf new limits on Higgs mass
XN-0183 (2010/08/17) pdf short-term effects of gamma ray bursts on oceanic photosynthesis
XN-0182 (2010/08/11) pdf ruling out higher order interferences in quantum mechanics
XN-0181 (2010/08/03) pdf fabrication of smooth graphene nanoribbons

XN-0180 (2010/07/27) pdf the size of proton
XN-0179 (2010/07/21) pdf light-driven nanoscale motors
XN-0178 (2010/07/15) pdf Edward Witten wins Newton medal
XN-0177 (2010/07/07) pdf hot-electron transfer from semiconductor nanocrystals
XN-0176 (2010/06/30) pdf new radioisotopes at RIKEN
XN-0175 (2010/06/23) pdf nanoscale tunable reduction of graphene oxide
XN-0174 (2010/06/16) pdf a short-lived doubly magic isotope of tin
XN-0173 (2010/06/09) pdf the electric charge of the volcanic plume
XN-0172 (2010/06/02) pdf measurement of the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle
XN-0171 (2010/05/27) pdf warming of the global ocean

XN-0170 (2010/05/20) pdf electrons push atoms
XN-0169 (2010/05/12) pdf higher packing with tetrahedra
XN-0168 (2010/04/29) pdf element 117 synthesized
XN-0167 (2010/04/28) pdf precise determination of the Strange quark mass
XN-0166 (2010/04/21) pdf high thermal conductivity of graphene
XN-0165 (2010/04/15) pdf tiny water desalination device
XN-0164 (2010/04/07) pdf CERN achieves 7 TeV collisions at Large Hadron Collider
XN-0163 (2010/03/31) pdf observing quantum superposition in a macroscopic object
XN-0162 (2010/03/25) pdf chemically driven thermopower waves
XN-0161 (2010/03/18) pdf speed record with an avalanche photodetector

XN-0160 (2010/03/11) pdf superconductivity in a doped hydrocarbon
XN-0159 (2010/03/04) pdf tuning the dimensionality of a heavy Fermion compound
XN-0158 (2010/02/24) pdf a precision measurement of the gravitational redshift
XN-0157 (2010/02/18) pdf new optical clock breaks accuracy record
XN-0156 (2010/02/11) pdf graphene transitors in 100 GHz
XN-0155 (2010/02/04) pdf forcasting more intense storms
XN-0154 (2010/01/28) pdf supersonic air flow due to solid-liquid impact
XN-0153 (2010/01/22) pdf exoplanet's atmosphere is laid bare
XN-0152 (2010/01/14) pdf quantum simulation of zitterbewegung
XN-0151 (2010/01/08) pdf the first five exoplanets discovered by Kepler

XN-0150 (2010/01/01) pdf an unusually fast-evolving supernova

Physics news, 2009                                        back to mamwad

XN-0149 (2009/12/24) pdf a super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star
XN-0148 (2009/12/18) pdf improved solar cells, using thin films
XN-0147 (2009/12/10) pdf stirring by swimming bodies
XN-0146 (2009/12/04) pdf hanging droplets feel more friction
XN-0145 (2009/11/27) pdf creation of spin polarization in silicon at room temperature
XN-0144 (2009/11/26) pdf LHC speeds towards collisions
XN-0143 (2009/11/18) pdf holes in very thin films block light
XN-0142 (2009/11/13) pdf molecular currents
XN-0141 (2009/11/06) pdf a universal law to describle characteristic temperatures of matter in nanoscale

XN-0140 (2009/10/30) pdf quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations
XN-0139 (2009/10/29) pdf mechanical power from bacteria
XN-0138 (2009/10/22) pdf imaging molecules using stimulated emission microscopy
XN-0137 (2009/10/16) pdf discovery of the largest gravitationally lensed images yet
XN-0136 (2009/10/07) pdf optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize
XN-0135 (2009/10/02) pdf highly sensitive mass measurement, using graphene
XN-0134 (2009/09/24) pdf acoustic diode 
XN-0133 (2009/09/15) pdf verification of the isotropy of light propagation, with unprecdented accuracy
XN-0132 (2009/09/11) pdf ultra-strong Velcro-like fastener
XN-0131 (2009/09/04) pdf Milky Way in line for merger

XN-0130 (2009/08/28) pdf resolving the chemical structure using atomic force microscopy
XN-0129 (2009/08/21) pdf producing tiny inorganic LEDs in bulk
XN-0128 (2009/08/14) pdf nuclei cooperate to produce single particle
XN-0127 (2009/08/07) pdf enhanced radiation in nano scale
XN-0126 (2009/07/28) pdf nanoscale light source with tunable colour
XN-0125 (2009/07/24) pdf clouds positive feedback in global warming
XN-0124 (2009/07/17) pdf jets with focused surface vibrations 
XN-0123 (2009/07/11) pdf mix master magnets
XN-0122 (2009/07/03) pdf Alan Guth bags Isaac Newton medal
XN-0121 (2009/06/26) pdf electric slide for the protein

XN-0120 (2009/06/19) pdf aerosol cooling overestimated, says new study
XN-0119 (2009/06/12) pdf tuning the gap in graphene
XN-0118 (2009/06/05) pdf superconductivity at the two-dimensional limit
XN-0117 (2009/05/29) pdf reducing the coercive field, with laser
XN-0116 (2009/05/22) pdf mountains on neutron stars
XN-0115 (2009/05/11) pdf large graphene samples and carbon electronics
XN-0114 (2009/05/08) pdf worldwide quantum security
XN-0113 (2009/05/01) pdf atomic gravitymeter
XN-0112 (2009/04/24) pdf metals toughen spider's silk
XN-0111 (2009/04/17) pdf superionic Buckyball crystal

XN-0110 (2009/04/10) pdf lasers provide antimatter bonanza
XN-0109 (2009/04/04) pdf collision with coefficient of restitution larger than one
XN-0108 (2009/03/27) pdf nanotube muscles
XN-0107 (2009/03/18) pdf gravity probe blasts off
XN-0106 (2009/03/13) pdf rapidly charging and discharging battery
XN-0105 (2009/03/06) pdf exact measurement of pulsar, and test of general relativity
XN-0104 (2009/02/26) pdf spacing of sand dunes and the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer
XN-0103 (2009/02/20) pdf oxide nanoelectronics on demand
XN-0102 (2009/02/13) pdf new light on moon's far side
XN-0101 (2009/02/05) pdf astronomers find 'super Earth'

XN-0100 (2009/01/30) pdf are iron-arsenide superconductors isotropic?
XN-0099 (2009/01/23) pdf discrete states of a molecule in a cage
XN-0098 (2009/01/16) pdf how massive stars form
XN-0097 (2009/01/09) pdf repulsive Casimir effect
XN-0096 (2009/01/07) pdf graphene transistor speeds up
XN-0095 (2009/01/02) pdf detection of a star before it dies as a supernova

Physics news, 2008                                        back to mamwad

XN-0094 (2008/12/26) pdf one-way waves
XN-0093 (2008/12/19) pdf outgoing light bends glass
XN-0092 (2008/12/11) pdf water confirmed on distant planet
XN-0091 (2008/12/05) pdf a paper memory transistor

XN-0090 (2008/11/28) pdf basic constraints on anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide?
XN-0089 (2008/11/21) pdf determination of light hadron masses
XN-0088 (2008/11/14) pdf first direct images of exoplanets
XN-0087 (2008/11/13) pdf electric power through bending wire
XN-0086 (2008/11/05) pdf the effect of electron spin on chirality
XN-0085 (2008/10/30) pdf the effect of Solar activity on the flow of rivers 
XN-0084 (2008/10/23) pdf IBEX and Chandryaan blast off 
XN-0083 (2008/10/14) pdf high-temperature interface superconductivity 
XN-0082 (2008/10/10) pdf more adhesive than gecko feet
XN-0081 (2008/10/07) pdf particle physicists pick up Nobel Prize

XN-0080 (2008/10/02) pdf NMR reaches the nanoscale
XN-0079 (2008/09/26) pdf strong upper limits on sterile neutrino warm dark matter
XN-0078 (2008/09/19) pdf a quantum gas of polar molecules 
XN-0077 (2008/09/11) pdf successful startup for LHC
XN-0076 (2008/09/03) pdf graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
XN-0075 (2008/08/27) pdf National Medal of Science for David Wineland
XN-0074 (2008/08/22) pdf fast magnetic memories
XN-0073 (2008/08/22) pdf star formation around supermassive black holes
XN-0072 (2008/08/15) pdf LHC sees first protons
XN-0071 (2008/08/08) pdf colossal carbon tubes

XN-0070 (2008/08/08) pdf CERN reveals early September start-up date for LHC
XN-0069 (2008/08/01) pdf narrowing laser using plasmons
XN-0068 (2008/07/23) pdf nanomechanical mass measurement
XN-0067 (2008/07/18) pdf graphene has record-breaking strength
XN-0066 (2008/07/16) pdf observation of the bottomonium ground state
XN-0065 (2008/07/09) pdf do cosmic rays get bogged down in the cosmos?
XN-0064 (2008/07/04) pdf 33 years later, NASA finds Mercury to be even more active
XN-0063 (2008/06/27) pdf very-high-energy gamma rays from a distant quasar
XN-0062 (2008/06/26) pdf direct observation of a local structural mechanism for dynamic arrest
XN-0061 (2008/06/20) pdf combination technique shows the strain

XN-0060 (2008/06/11) pdf GLAST blasts off in search of gamma rays
XN-0059 (2008/06/09) pdf fastest supercomputer overtaken by Roadrunner
XN-0058 (2008/06/06) pdf multipartite entanglement among single spins in diamond 
XN-0057 (2008/05/30) pdf random packing
XN-0056 (2008/05/28) pdf terahertz laser at room temperature
XN-0055 (2008/05/28) pdf Phoenix landed on Mars
XN-0054 (2008/05/22) pdf an extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova
XN-0053 (2008/05/12) pdf quantized conductance seen in graphene
XN-0052 (2008/05/09) pdf probing a Bose-Einstein condensate with an atom laser
XN-0051 (2008/05/02) pdf improving thermoelectrics by powdering and pressing

XN-0050 (2008/04/25) pdf sign change of Poisson's ratio for carbon nanotube sheets
XN-0049 (2008/04/24) pdf phonons fail to explain high-temperature superconductivity
XN-0048 (2008/04/18) pdf transitor with graphene quantum dot
XN-0047 (2008/04/17) pdf a massive binary black-hole system
XN-0046 (2008/04/12) pdf prototype gravitational-wave detector uses squeezed light
XN-0045 (2008/04/11) pdf gate-variable optical transitions in graphene
XN-0044 (2008/04/02) pdf physicists discover the 'superinsulator'
XN-0043 (2008/04/01) pdf physicists find new material for storing hydrogen
XN-0042 (2008/03/28) pdf LHC set for July start up
XN-0041 (2008/03/27) pdf putting a new spin on nanotubes

XN-0040 (2008/03/20) pdf iron-based high-Tc superconductor is a first
XN-0039 (2008/03/19) pdf Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
XN-0038 (2008/03/12) pdf free-electron laser benefits from 'seed' light
XN-0037 (2008/03/12) pdf WMAP gives thumbs-up to cosmological model
XN-0036 (2008/03/11) pdf new optical clock promises increased accuracy
XN-0035 (2008/03/05) pdf gravity-test constrains new forces
XN-0034 (2008/02/29) pdf a graded improvement
XN-0033 (2008/02/28) pdf glassy metals are tougher than steel
XN-0032 (2008/02/28) pdf graphene continues to amaze
XN-0031 (2008/02/27) pdf feeling the force on a single atom

XN-0030 (2008/02/20) pdf researchers create `self-healing' rubber
XN-0029 (2008/02/20) pdf optical lattice beats atomic-clock accuracy
XN-0028 (2008/02/15) pdf siblings of Jupiter and Saturn discovered
XN-0027 (2008/02/12) pdf seeing the hidden fresco
XN-0026 (2008/02/08) pdf light amid disorder
XN-0025 (2008/02/08) pdf sounding out Earth's core
XN-0024 (2008/02/08) pdf spin Hall effect of light
XN-0023 (2008/02/08) pdf Columbus module heads to the space station
XN-0022 (2008/02/08) pdf cooled material stretches beyond belief
XN-0021 (2008/02/08) pdf putting the squeeze on quantum noise

XN-0020 (2008/02/06) pdf physicists get to the bottom of volcano hotspots
XN-0019 (2008/01/31) pdf rising ocean temperatures boost hurricanes, says study
XN-0018 (2008/01/31) pdf galaxy distortions shed light on cosmic acceleration
XN-0017 (2008/01/30) pdf two-species Fermi mixture is a first
XN-0016 (2008/01/25) pdf short-wavelength photonics
XN-0015 (2008/01/24) pdf solitons underpin new laser
XN-0014 (2008/01/24) pdf nanotubes are the new black
XN-0013 (2008/01/22) pdf graphene breaks speed record
XN-0012 (2008/01/19) pdf string theorists and astrophysicist share Crafoord Prize
XN-0011 (2008/01/18) pdf shockingly hot

XN-0010 (2008/01/17) pdf cloak of silence design is unveiled
XN-0009 (2008/01/16) pdf nanowires convert heat to electricity
XN-0008 (2008/01/11) pdf how to walk on water
XN-0007 (2008/01/11) pdf dwarf galaxy puzzles
XN-0006 (2008/01/11) pdf exotic superconductors in magnetic field
XN-0005 (2008/01/10) pdf Casimir effect goes classical
XN-0004 (2008/01/09) pdf BEC goes with the flow
XN-0003 (2008/01/09) pdf research funding should reward unpredictability
XN-0002 (2008/01/05) pdf spin ice could contain magnetic monopoles
XN-0001 (2008/01/04) pdf two speeds at once