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Single-photon source is efficient and indistinguishable

New device could find use in "boson-sampling" quantum computers

Babylonian astronomers used abstract geometry to track Jupiter

Geometry may have been applied to astronomy far earlier than most historians think

ALPHA confirms antihydrogen is neutral as charged

Latest result is 20 times more precise than previous measurements

New type of atmospheric waves seen high above Antarctica

"Endless and uninterrupted" oscillations could affect climate and communications

X-ray laser images nanoclusters on femtosecond timescale

Technique offers high spatial and temporal resolution

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IOP Publishing Impact Factor growth

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The 2014 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show significant growth for journals published by IOP Publishing.

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More data needed on the STEM ‘shortage’

A new study on the long-term career paths of science and engineering graduates contains plenty of fascinating facts -- and some frustrating gaps

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Rocking the status quo in science

Podcast The working lives of scientists and musicians are more similar than you might think, as Physics World reporter James Dacey finds out

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Transforming light

Video Day of the Dead brought to life by multimedia lightshow

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Loops and arcs in the radio sky

Michael Peel, Matias Vidal, Clive Dickinson and Paddy Leahy explain the latest map from the Planck Collaboration

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A shining light for African science

Plans are afoot to build Africa's first ever light source. Sekazi Mtingwa calls for physicists to get behind the project

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Burned from the inside out

Susan Southard’s book about survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, reviewed by Brian Drummond

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Visualizing the cosmos

A book of space-related infographics is "a marvel and a delight", according to reviewer Margaret Harris

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