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Giant two-atom molecules are the size of bacteria

Aug 25, 2016 7 comments

Rydberg macrodimer is a quantum-mechanical gold mine

Rocky planet found in habitable zone around Sun's nearest neighbour

Aug 24, 2016 1 comment

Earth-mass planet – which could have liquid water on its surface – orbits Proxima Centauri

Magnetic bacteria target hard-to-treat tumours

Aug 23, 2016

New technique transports drugs into solid cancers

Optical link connects atomic clocks over 1400 km of fibre

Aug 22, 2016 1 comment

Connection is important step towards European network of ultra-precise timekeepers

UK Atomic Energy Authority gets a new chief executive

Aug 19, 2016 6 comments

Ian Chapman takes over at a tricky time for agency that develops nuclear fusion energy technology

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The taccor comb – high-power frequency comb with 1 GHz mode spacing

Jun 1, 2016

Optical frequency combs based on femtosecond lasers have become invaluable tools in optical metrology and spectroscopy. A white paper from Laser Quantum

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The monk and the multiverse

Aug 23, 2016

Podcast A journey into the remarkable mind of the 13th-century monk, scholar and proto-cosmologist Robert Grosseteste

Why do we need synchrotrons to study superconductors?

Aug 24, 2016

Video How synchrotrons help reveal the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity

What are the potential applications of topological insulators?

Aug 16, 2016

Video Why topological insulators could boost electronics and quantum computing

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Opinion

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In praise of Descartes

Aug 11, 2016

Robert P Crease tackles Steven Weinberg's criticisms of René Descartes

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Nuclear power's ups and downs

Aug 25, 2016

A timely book on the history of the UK nuclear power industry, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan

Thinking big thoughts

Aug 18, 2016

Vlatko Vedral is wowed by cosmologist Sean Carroll’s paean to "poetic naturalism" and the ability of science to bring meaning to the world

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Physics World Focus on Vacuum Technology

Aug 1, 2016

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