A new experiment tests how dust grains coalesced into planetesimals in the early solar system. Pyramid-shaped, organic pixels for displays can now be made without cumbersome mask technology. Molecular nitrogen can be squeezed until it dissociates into single atoms. Scientists at Livermore National Lab have the strongest evidence yet for metallic deuterium Muon Precession used for mapping magnetism. Muon spins can be used to map magnetic fields inside superconductors.
Laser beams can create beams of protons.
High pressure allows water to stay solid at much higher temperatures. Neutrons have been confined in three dimensions, in a magnetic trap, for the first time. Superconducting particles can form themselves into a larger ball under the action of an electric field. An array of micro-droplets evaporate in a coordinated way. New simulations suggest that very thin gold nanowires are actually zigzag shaped.