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Nailing the half-life of iron-60

Jan 30, 2015

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How to twist light into a Möbius strip

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Topological curiosity created from laser beam

Laser pioneer Charles Townes dies aged 99

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Physicist shared the 1964 Nobel prize for his work on the microwave laser

Climate-change denier given top Brazilian science job

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Appointment of Aldo Rebelo gets mixed response from Brazil's scientific community

Heart-muscle model could help pinpoint regions of atrial fibrillation

Jan 26, 2015

Research could lead to better surgical treatments for preventing strokes

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The devil wears pulsars, Leó’s lost love and a terrifying polonium plot

Jan 30, 2015

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Royal approval for the International Year of Light

Jan 29, 2015

HRH The Duke of York gets the UK's activities officially under way

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The ever-expanding Zooniverse

Jan 20, 2015

Podcast Chris Lintott discusses the evolving nature of citizen science

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Dialling up the cosmos

Jan 15, 2015

Edwin Cartlidge reports on the new apps that allow smartphone users to detect cosmic rays

Once a physicist: Mark Levinson

Jan 15, 2015

Physicist-turned-film-director Mark Levinson describes how making a documentary about the discovery of the Higgs boson took him back to his scientific roots

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Shutdowns and start-ups

Jan 29, 2015

Robert P Crease on the meaning of ceremonies we hold for labs that are closing down

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A man, a plan, a bomb

Jan 29, 2015

The life of J Robert Oppenheimer makes for stunning drama in this Royal Shakespeare Company production, writes Margaret Harris

Nature's unknown unknowns

Jan 22, 2015

Seismologist Seth Stein is pleasantly surprised to find an introductory book on geophysical hazards that doesn't oversimplify this complex topic

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