Stories from January 2009
Looking through Galileo’s eyes
In 1609, exactly four centuries ago, Galileo revolutionised humankind's understanding of our position in the Universe when he used a telescope for the first time to study the heavens, which saw him sketching radical new views of the moon and discovering the satellites orbiting Jupiter
Microbot motors fit to swim human arteries
A range of complex surgical operations necessary to treat stroke victims, confront hardened arteries or address blockages in the bloodstream are about to be made safer as researchers from the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia’s Monash University put the final touches to the design of micro-motors small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream
R&D investment needed for small high tech firms
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has published figures which show that during 2007 the UK’s leading 850 firms increased R&D spend by six per cent
A security boost for physics
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced that it will make permanent an allocation of £25 million each year to secure the higher education provision of strategically important subjects, including physics, from 2010 onwards
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