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IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Joshua J. Romero |
Physicist Named MacArthur Fellow for Work on Quantum Computing Alexei Kitaev's theoretical studies may lead the way to quantum computers that catch their own errors   |
Popular Mechanics
September 22, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
3 Large Hadron Collider Headaches (So Far)--and How to Fix Them Less than two weeks ago, the future looked rosy for the world's largest particle accelerator. However, a slew of setbacks put the collider on hold. Here's what's gone wrong so far, and what the CERN team plans to do about it. |
Chemistry World
September 18, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Atomic pinball Scientists in the Netherlands have made platinum nanostructures that act like a pair of pinball flippers when triggered by electric current. |
Chemistry World
September 17, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Colloids twist like DNA French scientists have used magnetic colloids to make self-assembling, helical structures reminiscent of DNA |
Scientific American
October 2008
Michelle Press |
Reviews: Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique Review of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory and Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique |
Popular Mechanics
September 10, 2008
Philip Taylor |
Inside LHC Launch Party, Not End of World & Scientists Feel Fine Some 400 physicists, engineers and students just finished camping out here at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory through the night, awaiting the birth of an extreme machine so powerful that it could soon reveal what lent mass to the universe in the first place. |
Popular Mechanics
September 10, 2008
Erik Sofge |
5 Things You Need to Know About the Large Hadron Collider Now Black holes won't eat anyone alive, particles won't be discovered and, most important, the action will happen off-camera. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Sally Adee |
Powering the Large Hadron Collider When the LHC starts up tomorrow, it will draw twice the power of nearby Geneva |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Willie D. Jones |
World's Most Powerful Magnet Under Construction One hundred tesla without self-destructing |
Popular Mechanics
August 26, 2008 |
Lasers Could Send World's Most Secure Messages Through Space Scientists at an Italian observatory this year succeeded in firing lasers at the mirror-covered Ajisai Japanese satellite, proving that a sequence of photons can travel great distances through space. |
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