Archived News
Our pick of the latest physics stories from around the world wide web.
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Bridging the gap to quantum world
04/06/2009
Scientists have "entangled" the motions of pairs of atoms for the first time.
Robot sub reaches the world's deepest abyss
03/06/2009
A robotic submarine named Nereus has become the third craft in history to reach the deepest part of the world's oceans, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
Space rock yields carbon bounty
27/05/2009
Formic acid, a molecule implicated in the origins of life, has been found at record levels on a meteorite that fell into a Canadian lake in 2000.
How to fit 300 DVDs on one disc
21/05/2009
A new optical recording method could pave the way for data discs with 300 times the storage capacity of standard DVDs.
Astronaut tests flying carpet in space
19/05/2009
Japanese spaceman Koichi Wakata rides floating rug and dons self-deodorising underpants in zero-gravity experiment.
Lost robot crosses city by asking directions
14/05/2009
A wheeled robot called ACE can find its way around a city without using GPS or even a map: it just asks pedestrians to give it directions.
Herschel and Planck share a ride into Space
06/05/2009
Two missions to study the cosmos, Herschel and Planck, are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
Supersticky robots to follow in geckos' footsteps
28/04/2009
The ability to scale walls and hang off the ceiling with gecko-like ease may be within reach - for robots at least.
World first for strange molecule
27/04/2009
A molecule that until now existed only in theory has finally been made.
The sun's calming down - what does that mean for us?
23/04/2009
Nasa recorded no sunspots on 266 days in 2008 - a level of inactivity not seen since 1913 - and 2009 looks set to be even quieter.
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