Archive for the ‘What’s new in physics’ Category
New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers
Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response and resistance to therapies. In [...]
In February’s edition of Physics World…The future of Fermilab
In this month’s Physics World, reviews and careers editor, Margaret Harris, visits the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to explore what future projects are in the pipeline now that the lab’s Tevatron particle accelerator has closed for good. After more than 25 years of groundbreaking discoveries, the Tevatron accelerator has finally surrendered to the mighty [...]
UK researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite
The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite – an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets – has baffled researchers in recent years by showing weak signs of magnetism. The hunt for an explanation has not been without controversy, with [...]
Scientists create first free-standing 3D cloak
Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. Whilst previous studies have either been theoretical in nature or limited to the cloaking of two-dimensional objects, this study shows how ordinary objects can be cloaked in their [...]
Topic of the Moment – the career of Stephen Hawking
The world celebrated Prof. Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday on 8 January 2012. We take a look back over his life and work. Hawking first shot into the public consciousness with the 1988 release of his popular-science book A Brief History of Time, which would remain on the Sunday Times bestseller list for an unprecedented four [...]
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Today’s physics news: Space radiation killed Russian Mars mission, theoretical-physics hub opens in South America and more
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Today’s physics news: Neuroscience’s military applications, NASA on fission propulsion and maths teaching in the UK
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Today’s physics news: cool sun could host habitable planet, bendy battery gives smart fabrics a charge and more
February 6, 2012 10:02
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