News | Archive (September 2007)
Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers
— 29 Sep 2007 | AstronomyIn a shock finding, astronomers using CSIRO's Parkes telescope have detected a huge burst of radio energy from the distant universe that could open up a new field in astrophysics. The... — full story
Measurements from the edge: magnetic properties of thin films
— 29 Sep 2007 | PhysicsMaterials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the... — full story
Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution
— 29 Sep 2007 | PhysicsA team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will... — full story
Dead time limits quantum cryptography speeds
— 29 Sep 2007 | PhysicsQuantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit? According to a new paper by researchers at the National... — full story
Recovery from acid rain much slower than expected
— 29 Sep 2007 | EnvironmentAcid rain was one of the world's worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America. In Wales, more than 12,000... — full story
Swedish pasturelands save European butterflies
— 28 Sep 2007 | BiologyHerb-rich pasturelands in Sweden's woodland areas display a wealth of butterfly species that are dwindling in many other countries in Western Europe, according to a study from Linkoping... — full story
International team tracks shorebird along previously unknown migration route
— 28 Sep 2007 | BiologyTracking an individual shorebird as it travels across its range from the far north is now possible, thanks to an international team of researchers led by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... — full story
Diary of earthquake observation
— 28 Sep 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyThe eleven years from 1982 to 1993 were surprisingly calm in the seismic chronicle of the Earth. A period of heavy and frequent earthquakes began in 1993 with a magnitude exceeding... — full story
Traces of the deluge
— 28 Sep 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyApparently, disasters resembling the biblical Deluge often happened in Eurasia when glaciers occupied more space than they do now. In the north, the glacier served as a natural dam... — full story
Local communities celebrate largest protected area in Papua New Guinea
— 28 Sep 2007 | EnvironmentThe creation of three new wildlife management areas in Papua New Guinea will protect some of Asia-Pacific's most threatened and unique wildlife habitats. The new Aramba, Tonda extension... — full story