Ultrasound imaging from a single large sensor
New technique could leader to faster, smaller and cheaper imagers (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 15, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Electric eel inspires new power source
Device could run medical implants (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 14, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Inferior by Angela Saini wins Physics World ’s 2017 Book of the Year
Inferior by Angela Saini is our choice for the year ’s best popular-science book, owing to its impartial and detailed analysis of the bias that has beset scientific research on women for over a century (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 13, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

CERN-MEDICIS produces first medical isotopes
New Geneva-based facility makes terbium-155 for research use (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 13, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Space debris threat to geosynchronous satellites has been drastically underestimated
Collisions could occur much more often– and at higher velocities– than previously assumed (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 13, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Shadows of Saturn's rings complicate ionosphere
New insights revealed by Cassini probe's close approaches (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 12, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

First multimessenger observation of a neutron-star merger is Physics World 2017 Breakthrough of the Year
International collaboration of astronomers and astrophysicists that ushered in new era of astronomy tops our list of the 10 key breakthroughs in physics this year (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 12, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Continuous atom laser one step closer, say physicists
New way of cooling atoms is unveiled (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 8, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Gyrated dice achieve perfect packing
A twist in the tale of granular compaction (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 7, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Qubits transferred between atomic gas and a crystal
System uses optical fibre and three different photons (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 5, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Kepler and Newton help solve mystery of how some algae swim
Biophysicists identify “universal law” of microbe motion (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 5, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Theorists identify stable tetraquark
Particle with two bottom quarks could be seen at CERN (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 2, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Gravitational effect reveals earthquake magnitude
Secondary waves induced ahead of the primary wavefront carry additional information (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - December 1, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

UK Catapults fall short, claims review of technology innovation centres
Independent analysis calls for a halt to any new centres until “significant progress” is made (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - November 30, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Quantum simulators shed new light on magnetic phase transitions
Separate experiments use ions and Rydberg atoms for qubits (Source: PhysicsWeb News)
Source: PhysicsWeb News - November 30, 2017 Category: Physics Authors: Tim Wogan Source Type: news