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Our pick of the latest physics stories from around the world wide web.
Japan marvels at its Moon movies
4/17/2008
Stunning high-definition movies of the Moon's surface have been sent back by a Japanese space probe.
An astronomer's view of funding cuts
4/15/2008
Astronomer explains furore caused by science funding cuts
First movie of 'tsunami' on Sun
4/2/2008
Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour.
The bombardier beetle, power venom, and spray technologies
4/1/2008
The bombardier beetle is inspiring designers of engines, drug-delivery devices and fire extinguishers to improve spray technologies
The future of computing – carbon nanotubes and superconductors to replace the silicon chip
4/1/2008
The silicon chip, which has supplied several decades’ worth of remarkable increases in computing power and speed, looks unlikely to be capable of sustaining this pace for more than another decade.
Endeavour launched from Florida
3/11/2008
A US space shuttle has lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying astronauts and equipment bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
Galileo demo sat to be despatched
10/30/2006
Giove-B, the second demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed satellite navigation system, is finally to be sent for launch.
