Physics

  1. Physics

    Antilaser sucks up light

    A new technology could be used in optical computing.

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  2. Physics

    ‘Magnetricity’ behaves like electricity

    Currents of monopole-like magnetic charges created in an exotic material called spin ice act much like electricity.

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  3. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Computer processors get even tinier, plus more in this week’s news.

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  4. Physics

    ‘Atomtronics’ may be the new ‘electronics’

    A research team has created a quantum circuit that may help lead to the development of a new class of devices.

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Billions of particles get entangled, plus more in this week’s news.

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  6. Physics

    X-raying life’s microscopic machinery

    A powerful new laser technique promises to reveal the cell’s molecular components in detailed, 3-D images.

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  7. Physics

    Invisibility cloaks hit the big time

    Using natural crystals, researchers have found a way to make objects up to a few millimeters tall disappear.

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  8. Physics

    Quantum pendulum trick explained

    Physicists explain why an object swings faster when immersed in a special ultracold liquid.

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  9. Physics

    Tevatron to shut down in September

    Citing a lack of funds, the U.S. Department of Energy has essentially pulled out of the race to make the next great discovery in particle physics.

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  10. Physics

    A twisted way to take pictures

    A corkscrew-shaped beam of electrons might someday yield better images of atoms and other tiny things.

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  11. Physics

    Quantum compass for birds

    Robins may use strange physics to migrate.

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  12. Humans

    Periodic table gets some flex

    IUPAC committee replaces fuzzy atomic weights with more accurate ranges

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