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2007
- November 22, 2007 Johannes Kofler and Časlav Brukner of the University of Vienna and the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information have shown that the effects of Quantum superpositions of large objects such as Schrödinger's cat can be detected. (Nature News)
- November 22, 2007 An area of relative radio silence has been detected in the constellation of Eridanus. It is approximately a billion light years across. (New Scientist)
- April 5, 2007 – CERN and Fermilab engineers announce that a failure of a magnet within the LHC particle accelerator may delay the start of the experimental campaign of the project. (Reuters)
- March 26, 2007 – Antarctic melting may be speeding up according to satellite data. (Reuters)
- March 1, 2007 – Stephen Hawking to experience weightlessness for first time. (CNN)
2006
- 22 December 2006 – A new device detects land mines by listening for vibrations caused by directed sound waves. (New Scientist)
- 22 December 2006 – Optical buffers, devices which can store photons temporarily, have been invented. (New Scientist)
- 21 December 2006 – A transparent coating of conductive carbon nanotubes could be used as a heater, e.g. for car windows. (New Scientist)
- 19 November 2006 – MIT researchers explore method of transferring electricity wirelessly. (Wikinews)
- 30 October 2006 – Physicists raise concerns about the new, synthetic NBA ball (Wikinews)
- 29 October 2006 – Physicists test 'forgotten' Brownian motion theory (Wikinews)
- 19 October 2006 – Engineers develop robotic microhand (Wikinews)
- 14 October 2006 – Controversy-plagued Element 118, the heaviest atom yet, is finally discovered (Wikinews)
- 12 October 2006 – Dark matter lacks extra gravitational force (Wikinews)
- 3 October 2006 – 2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for microwave map of the universe (Wikinews)
- 21 August 2006: NASA discovers new evidence of dark matter
2005
- Physics Nobel Prize awarded for insights into light (4 October 2005)
- Einstein's equation turns 100 (27 September 2005)
- Insights on nutrient traffic in living cells (23 September 2005)
- Science of champagne bubbles explained (18 September 2005)
- Australian man allegedly ignites carpet and plastic with static electricity (17 September 2005)
- Light stopped for over a second (16 September 2005)
- Fireball generated in U.S. laboratory resembles black hole (15 September 2005)
- Brazilian physicist who discovered the pion dies (2 July 2005)
