Smart glass helps pioneering solar sail to steer - space - 27 July 2010 - New Scientist

Smart glass helps pioneering solar sail to steer - space - 27 July 2010 - New Scientist: "T'S the trailblazer of solar sailing. Japan's IKAROS spacecraft has used 'smart glass' technology to steer using only the pressure of sunlight – a first for solar sails."

Viscosity at the nanoscale: Intriguing 50-year-old puzzle solved

Viscosity at the nanoscale: Intriguing 50-year-old puzzle solved: "ScienceDaily (July 13, 2010) — At a snail's pace -- this is how proteins should move inside living cells where viscosity of environment exceeds the viscosity of water by a million times. However, proteins move not much slower than in water. While looking for a solution to this puzzle, scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences discovered a new principle of physics."