LATEST HEADLINES
Old faithful Tevatron collider leads race to Higgs
THIS WEEK: 18:00 21 July 2010 | 1 comment
The Tevatron collider is poised to beat the Large Hadron Collider in the race to detect the Higgs boson
Silicon chip speed record broken on a lead-coated track
NEWS: 12:00 16 July 2010
An atom-thick coating of lead allows electrons to travel around a silicon chip 20 times faster than usual
Quantum entanglement holds together life's blueprint
THIS WEEK: 15:15 15 July 2010 | 1 comment
The double helix shape of DNA may be down to the quantum entanglement of its base pairs
Heart of darkness could explain sun mysteries
THIS WEEK: 18:00 14 July 2010 | 12 comments
The centre of our star may be made of dark matter, which could be cooling down the core
Law of hurricane power discovered
18:00 11 July 2010 | 7 comments
The intensity of hurricanes follows a simple mathematical law – a finding that could help us predict how they will respond to climate change
Wanted: little levers to probe the quantum divide
THIS WEEK: 17:58 08 July 2010 | 12 comments
We could probe the boundaries of the divide between the quantum and everyday-scale worlds by "entangling" two simple, tiny levers
Glooped-up desk toy probes weird wet collisions
IN BRIEF: 13:16 08 July 2010 | 1 comment
An oil-soaked version of Newton's cradle could help improve air filtration technology and medicine production
How Planck's pain could be the LHC's gain
17:28 07 July 2010 | 1 comment
Failure for the Planck satellite could bring hope for success at the Large Hadron Collider
Incredible shrinking proton raises eyebrows
15:35 07 July 2010 | 5 comments
The most accurate measurement ever suggests the proton is smaller than we thought, which could hint at exotic new particle physics
Gamma rays may betray clumps of dark matter
IN BRIEF: 12:00 04 July 2010 | 2 comments
Solar-system-sized remnants of dark matter that formed in the early universe could be littering our galaxy and emitting gamma rays
DEEPER IMPACT
Did mega-meteors rattle our planet?
The idea that geology is what happens beneath our feet has suffered a blow – from space
PARTICLE PHYSICS
Matter: The next generation
Experiments hint at a new class of particles that could reveal how the infant universe narrowly escaped annihilation
