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Disorder sharpens optical-fibre images

Mar 6, 2014 1 comment

Anderson localization keeps light on track

Tiny membrane converts radio waves to light

Mar 5, 2014 14 comments

Device could help build a "quantum internet"

Metal nanotubes make for better batteries

Mar 4, 2014 6 comments

Electronic properties affect lithium-ion performance

Finding better ways to pack polyhedrons

Mar 3, 2014 2 comments

"Angry alien spider" emerges from packing calculations

Black hole winds stronger than expected

Feb 28, 2014 18 comments

Research could improve black hole evolution models

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Jan 1, 2014

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Mar 6, 2014

Student journalists get a chance to boost their CVs

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Mar 6, 2014

Origami and the "extreme mechanics" of metamaterials

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How do figure skaters exploit Newtonian physics when they spin?

Feb 10, 2014

Video Walter Lewin explains the science behind spinning ice-skaters

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Navigating new cultures

Mar 6, 2014

A diverse group of physicists describe their experiences of working abroad to Sharon Ann Holgate

The power of YouTube

Mar 4, 2014

Philip Moriarty describes his experiences in front of the camera as one of the stars of the Sixty Symbols series of YouTube videos

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The spot in the shadow

Feb 13, 2014

Robert P Crease shows just how hard it can be to assign credit for a scientific discovery

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From Euclid to Einstein

Feb 27, 2014

Practising scientists may welcome a new "guided translation" of Newton's Principia despite some significant flaws, says Patricia Fara

Alices in a nuclear Wonderland

Feb 20, 2014

Historian Kate Brown reviews the fascinating but incomplete story of women who worked at the Oak Ridge uranium-processing plant during the Second World War

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Dec 2, 2013

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