Physics
We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Physics
Screwy symmetry revealed
Math trick that reverses spirals and other shapes that twist and turn should provide new ways to understand and design materials.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A new way to fold a paper bag, plus good apples and designer silk in this week’s news.
- Physics
Remodeling the standard model
Physicists could be on the verge of discovering a new elementary particle, studies at a U.S. accelerator suggest.
- Humans
Hidden dalliance revealed by X-rays
A high-tech analysis uncovers a 19th century painter’s do-over.
- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
- Physics
2011 American Physical Society meeting
Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.
- Chemistry
Japan nuke accident seen from Seattle
Radioactive particles retrieved in the Pacific Northwest offer clues to events inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
- Chemistry
Silicene: It could be the new graphene
Single-layer sheets of silicon might have electronic applications.
- Physics
Diamond could store quantum information
A new technique would use flaws in crystal structure to hold data.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Particles found surfing on hot plasma, plus spinning atoms and a new deep-Earth mineral in this week’s news.
- Tech
U.S. network detects Fukushima plume
Traces of radioactivity attributable to the earthquake-damaged Fukushima reactor complex in Japan have reached the West Coast of the United States.
- Tech
Radiation: Japan’s third crisis
As if the magnitude-9 earthquake on March 11 and killer tsunami weren’t enough, a new round of aftershocks — psychological ones over fear of radiation — are rocking Japan and its neighbors.
