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Levitating drops controlled by fridge magnets

May 17, 2012 4 comments

System could be used to model celestial dynamics

Photon-polarization qubits stored in atomic combs

May 16, 2012 1 comment

Solid-state devices could be used as quantum repeaters

Physicist convicted of terrorism leaves prison

May 16, 2012 2 comments

Former researcher decides against appeal

A cracking approach to nanotechnology

May 15, 2012 1 comment

Cracks are exploited to carve out patterns in silicon

Quantum dots give graphene photodetector a boost

May 14, 2012 7 comments

Hybrid device is a billion times more sensitive to light

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Surface roughness measurement of media and substrate

May 17, 2012

Using atomic force microscopy to investigate the surfaces and characteristics of different materials down to nanometre detail. A white paper from Park Systems

Thermographic evaluation of heat transfer

Apr 10, 2012

Thermographic evaluation of forced convective heat transfer coefficient on short pin fins. A white paper from FLIR Systems

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How significant would the discovery of the Higgs boson be?

May 17, 2012

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Higgs spotted in Bristol

May 17, 2012

Peter Higgs talks to Physics World

Multimedia

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Graphene comes of age

May 17, 2012

Patrick Soukiassian discusses the vast potential of graphene, in this video interview

How to transform your institution

May 9, 2012

In this video interview, Giorgio Margaritondo talks about his experiences of revamping the EPFL

Features

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In the wake of Fukushima

May 10, 2012

Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station

Venus: it's now or never

May 1, 2012

As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events

Opinion

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Atmospheric tales

May 1, 2012

Robert P Crease asks why the discovery of Venus's atmosphere is still so controversial

Reviews

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Reality bites

May 17, 2012

Vlatko Vedral reviews Alex Rosenberg's The Atheist's Guide to Reality

Doing physics – readers' pictures

May 10, 2012

A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge

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Physics World Focus on Optics & Lasers

Mar 30, 2012

Free to view: this special focus issue of Physics World examines some of the latest applications of optics and lasers

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