New Scientist - Quantum World

Tick, tock goes the quantum clock

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minuscule timepiece powered by a pendulum that works without gravity could one day regulate orbiting spacecraft

Tick, tock goes the quantum clock

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minuscule timepiece powered by a pendulum that works without gravity could one day regulate orbiting spacecraft

'Quackers' tarnish quantum secrecy's halo of invincibility

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT

As the first network protected by quantum cryptography is switched on, eavesdroppers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to crack such "unhackable" systems

'Quackers' tarnish quantum secrecy's halo of invincibility

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT

As the first network protected by quantum cryptography is switched on, eavesdroppers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to crack such "unhackable" systems (full text available to subscribers)

Physics Nobel snubs key researcher

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Three particle physicists who provided insights into the nature of the universe share this year's Nobel Prize, but a fourth colleague is inexplicably left out

Physics Nobel snubs key researcher

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Three particle physicists who provided insights into the nature of the universe share this year's Nobel Prize, but a fourth colleague is inexplicably left out

Physics Nobel for discoverers of 'families of quarks'

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Three particle physicists who provided insights into how tiny violations in symmetry shape the universe share this years Nobel Prize in Physics

Anyons: The breakthrough quantum computing needs?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

They started out as a quantum flight of fancy, but these strange particles may just bring quantum computing into the real world, says

Anyons: The breakthrough quantum computing needs?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

They started out as a quantum flight of fancy, but these strange particles may just bring quantum computing into the real world, says (full text available to subscribers)

Quantum strangeness breaks the light barrier

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT

When entangled quantum particles signal one another, the signals move at least 10,000 times faster than light

Quantum strangeness breaks the light barrier

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT

When entangled quantum particles signal one another, the signals move at least 10,000 times faster than light

First successful test of most powerful accelerator

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Protons have travelled for 3 kilometres around the 27 km ring of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

First successful test of most powerful accelerator

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Protons have travelled for 3 kilometres around the 27 km ring of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

World's most powerful accelerator set to switch on

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:03:00 GMT

The first protons will be accelerated to near-light speeds at the Large Hadron Collider on 10 September

World's most powerful accelerator set to switch on

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:03:00 GMT

The first protons will be accelerated to near-light speeds at the Large Hadron Collider on 10 September

Nocturnal satellite could spot strange solar particles

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Exotic particles called axions coming from the Sun could be detected by a satellite hiding behind Earth

Nocturnal satellite could spot strange solar particles

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Exotic particles called axions coming from the Sun could be detected by a satellite hiding behind Earth (full text available to subscribers)

Antimatter and matter don't always go bang

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:00 GMT

It seems antimatter can bounce off matter – the finding could help in the search for regions of antimatter in our galaxy

Antimatter and matter don't always go bang

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:00 GMT

It seems antimatter can bounce off matter the finding could help in the search for regions of antimatter in our galaxy (full text available to subscribers)

Antimatter plus matter doesn't always equal bang

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

It seems antimatter can bounce off matter – the finding could help in the search for regions of antimatter in our galaxy (full text available to subscribers)

Awaiting a messenger from the multiverse

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

If we switch everything off and wait quietly, a very important particle might come out to play. is on tenterhooks

Awaiting a messenger from the multiverse

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

If we switch everything off and wait quietly, a very important particle might come out to play. is on tenterhooks (full text available to subscribers)

To silence a gene, join the quantum dots

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Quantum dots – tiny pieces of semiconductor – turn out to be extremely good at making deliveries inside living cells

To silence a gene, join the quantum dots

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Quantum dots tiny pieces of semiconductor turn out to be extremely good at making deliveries inside living cells (full text available to subscribers)

How a quantum effect is gumming up nanomachines

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:55:00 GMT

Overcoming an enigmatic force that makes microscopic components hug each other could boost the nanotechnology revolution