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Today on New Scientist: 26 November 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: Obama's offer of fixed targets for US emissions cuts, how to optimise sleep for better learning, and how to wind snail shells up the wrong way
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Rainbow trapped for the first time
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 2:27)
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An ingeniously simple device, made with just a magnifying lens and a plate of glass, has been used to trap a rainbow of visible light
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Superconductors can come in from the cold
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 2:10)
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Calculations suggest that a wire can be an electrical superconductor even if some sections are at room temperature
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First osmosis power plant goes on stream in Norway
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 1:50)
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Sited on the banks of the Oslo fjord, it generates electricity using the natural process that keeps plants standing upright and our body cells rigid
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How to wind snail shells up the wrong way
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 0:48)
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Prodding embryos with a glass rod made snails reverse their "handedness", giving insight into when the symmetry of bodies begins
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Brain scanner can tell a Dali from a Picasso
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 0:15)
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The brain seems to have a code for different artistic styles, which could one day be used to classify art
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Dinosaurs in the web of life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-26 23:00)
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Palaeontologist Scott Sampson's Dinosaur Odyssey brings dinosaurs back to life as living, breathing parts of their long-vanished ecosystems
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China ups the ante on climate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-26 22:35)
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True to its word, China has announced emissions cuts as soon as the US did, says Catherine Brahic
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New space telescope to hunt for stealth asteroids
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-26 22:16)
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NASA's WISE infrared telescope will be able to find hundreds of near-Earth objects and maybe even a faint Jupiter-sized object lurking in deep space
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The eye-catching best of fluid dynamics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-26 21:43)
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Beautiful images from experiments in fluid dynamics, as exhibited by physicists at a meeting in Minnesota this week
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