News: December 2010
Our favourite pictures of 2010
Dec 22, 2010 10 comments
From a nanometre sized Matterhorn to a new 'face of God'
Look ahead to 2011
Dec 22, 2010 10 comments
Space missions provided a whole host of data in 2010. That looks set to continue next year
Top 10 books for 2010
Dec 20, 2010 5 comments
Physics World unveils its choices for top physics books of the year
Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2010
Dec 20, 2010 25 comments
Research on antihydrogen wins the top gong
Semiconductor memory stores spins
Dec 19, 2010 1 comment
Technique could play a part in spintronic data processing
X-ray vision tracks lightning bursts
Dec 16, 2010 13 comments
Researchers are first to see X-rays spew out of lightning bolts
NASA spies storm stretching across the Sun
Dec 15, 2010 7 comments
Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals a connected solar surface
Quantum theory survives latest challenge
Dec 15, 2010 43 comments
Entanglement still defies classical explanation
Nuclear reaction defies expectations
Dec 10, 2010 11 comments
Unusual form of fission leaves theorists scratching their heads
CERN moves closer to antihydrogen spectroscopy
Dec 9, 2010 14 comments
New trap puts physicists on cusp of revealing antimatter's fine structure
'Medusa front' spotted in nanobatteries
Dec 9, 2010 15 comments
High-resolution images reveal how lithium-ion devices function
Cosmic dark ages brought to light
Dec 8, 2010 5 comments
Low-budget radio antenna offers window on first structures in the universe
Mission overshoots Venus orbit
Dec 8, 2010 16 comments
Astronomers will now have to wait over six years before craft returns
Quark–gluon mania returns to CERN
Dec 7, 2010 8 comments
LHC ends 2010 run on a high, but understanding its latest data is only beginning
Medical isotope shortages could become commonplace
Dec 3, 2010 3 comments
Nuclear Energy Agency report warns of processing bottlenecks
Secret of diamond polishing revealed
Dec 2, 2010 2 comments
Physicists explain the ancient process of diamond grinding
Nanotube rubber stays stretchy at extreme temperatures
Dec 2, 2010 5 comments
New material is stable from –196 °C to 1000 °C
Spin ices slip into ground state
Dec 2, 2010 2 comments
System analogous to water ice could lead to better data storage
Super-Earth's atmosphere comes into view
Dec 1, 2010 3 comments
Exoplanet could be shrouded in clouds
Questions raised about giant piezoresistance
Dec 1, 2010 3 comments
Researchers dispute effect observed in 2006