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Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying
on Thu, 17 May 2012 18:01:00 GMT:
The complex properties of radioactive plutonium-239 made its structure hard to analyse – until now. The result may improve methods for storing nuclear waste[/url]

Space-filling solution could boost Wi-Fi security
on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:45:00 GMT:
Working out the minimum number of circles needed to fill a complicated shape could have applications in medicine and Wi-Fi security[/url]

The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite?
on Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT:
Two decades ago, Maurice Ward invented a fireproof substance that outperformed all known materials. Why wouldn't he reveal its secret, asks Richard Fisher[/url]

Teleportation record heralds secure global network
on Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:00 GMT:
A quantum property called entanglement has been used to teleport a quantum state 97 kilometres, smashing the previous record[/url]

Truth of the matter: The Majorana particle mystery
on Mon, 14 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT:
Can a single entity be matter and antimatter at the same time? It looks like it, say Michael Brooks and Richard Webb[/url]

Font for digits lets numbers punch their weight
on Sat, 12 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT:
With FatFonts, the area of each digit is exactly proportional to its value, a system that could transform the art of data visualisation[/url]

Acoustic graphene could act as a sonic cloak
on Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT:
The amazing electrical properties of graphene have inspired the creation of a perspex material with remarkable sound-channelling characteristics[/url]

Self-bending light boomerangs could help surgeons
on Fri, 11 May 2012 10:49:00 GMT:
Microscopic light beams that turns corners could make curving incisions in the body and improve the way microscopic components are carved and transported[/url]

Roulette beater spills physics behind victory
on Thu, 10 May 2012 11:53:00 GMT:
World-famous mathematician breaks his decades-long silence over how he turned the odds of roulette against the house[/url]

Silicon cracks could make a lab-on-a-chip
on Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT:
The next generation of lab-on-a-chip devices could be made out of patterns of cracks rather than with conventional channel-carving techniques[/url]

Facebook shares are overvalued, say financial analysts
on Fri, 04 May 2012 17:22:00 GMT:
Some analysts say shares of the social networking behemoth are vastly overvalued and investors may fall victim to another stock price bubble[/url]

Formula follows the evolution of writing styles
on Tue, 01 May 2012 17:05:00 GMT:
By taking a closer look at the usage of words like "to" and "that", mathematicians track changing literary styles across the centuries[/url]

LHC gets first glimpse of excited baryon
on Tue, 01 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT:
Evidence for the excited neutral Xi_b baryon was hard to find amid the particle detritus at the Large Hadron Collider[/url]

Wrinkled doughnut solves geometrical mystery
on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:19:00 GMT:
A shape has finally been visualised that had evaded mathematicians since the 1950s, including John Nash[/url]

Neutrinos: messengers from the underworld
on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:20:00 GMT:
The elusive particles could reveal Earth's origins and inner workings – if only we can catch enough of them, says Anil Ananthaswamy[/url]

Move over graphene, silicene is the new star material
on Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT:
Wonder material graphene now has a silicon-based competitor that could be more compatible with electronic devices[/url]

Super-accurate atomic clock sets time travel record
on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:35:00 GMT:
The clock's tick traversed an optical fibre 900 km long, paving the way for a network of synched clocks that could test Einstein's theory of gravity[/url]

Brain may not be hard-wired to link numbers and space
on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:00:00 GMT:
Our ability to map numbers onto a physical space – such as along a line – must be learned[/url]

Sound waves help quantum computers scale up
on Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT:
The multiverse-delving potential of quantum computing could become possible with a device that welds two existing technologies using the power of sound[/url]

Neutrino no-show deepens cosmic ray mystery
on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:25:00 GMT:
The failure of ghostly subatomic messengers called neutrinos to show up at an Antarctic telescope disproves a major astrophysical theory[/url]

New leaf: The promise of artificial photosynthesis
on Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT:
It's chemistry's greatest challenge – inventing systems that turn water and sunshine efficiently into cheap, clean energy for all[/url]

Supercomputer probes famous but messy particle split
on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:15:00 GMT:
A simulation of the Nobel-prizewinning decay of a kaon into two pions could help explain why the universe contains so much more matter than antimatter[/url]

Dodge ban on quantum clones to trap Schrödinger's cat
on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:12:00 GMT:
A way to create quantum clones – usually forbidden by theory – could help map the border of the classical, everyday world and the quantum realm[/url]

Controversial quantum computer beats factoring record
on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:58:00 GMT:
Adiabatic computing has been used to factorise a larger number than any previous quantum computer, but is the method truly quantum?[/url]

How to build an artificial star on Earth
on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT:
The vast undertaking that is ITER – a reactor that promises to set humanity on a path toward limitless energy through nuclear fusion – is finally taking shape[/url]



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