All Stories by Andrew Grant
- Physics
Hard times for theorists in a post-Higgs world
The Large Hadron Collider’s big success leaves no clear avenue for new physics.
- Tech
Faster memory could accelerate computing
Experimental microchip improves reliability and speed of writing and reading data.
- Quantum Physics
Light breaks up to cloak gaps in time
Method could hide messages without sender’s knowledge.
- Planetary Science
Gone perhaps, but Kepler won’t soon be forgotten
Astronomers look forward to building on the planet-hunting telescope's discoveries.
- Materials Science
3-D imaging, pixel by pixel
Easy technique uses inexpensive equipment to make three-dimensional rendering.
- Space
Kepler mission may be over
The planet-hunting telescope has been crippled by the failure of two out of four pointing devices.
- Physics
Low-energy laser makes leap toward practicality
Researchers have created a polariton device that runs on electricity.
- Space
Moon’s water may have earthly origins
Ratio of hydrogen to deuterium suggests molecule on both orbs has a common source.
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- Physics
Counting cracks in glass gives speed of projectile
There is a simple relationship between an object's velocity and the number of spokes it leaves in a dinged windshield or fractured windowpane.
- Space
LHC detects asymmetry in particle’s decay
While interesting, the imbalance in the decay of strange B mesons isn’t large enough to explain why matter predominates over antimatter in the universe.
- Space
Comet’s water still hanging around on Jupiter
Shoemaker-Levy 9 supplied almost all of aqueous part of the planet's upper atmosphere.
