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Nanoshells could boost photovoltaics
Feb 13, 2012 2 comments
Whispering-gallery structures trap more light
Japanese cosmology centre secures long-term future
Feb 10, 2012 2 comments
Tokyo institute receives $7.5m endowment from US-based Kavli Foundation
Neutrinos point to rare stellar fusion
Feb 9, 2012 4 comments
Borexino catches the first glimpse of pep reaction
Listening with a 'quantum ear'
Feb 9, 2012 2 comments
Tiny microphone could pave the way for quantum acoustics
Physicists create new slow-light technique
Feb 8, 2012 1 comment
Electromagnetically induced transparency seen in nuclear system for first time
How supercontinents are born
Feb 8, 2012 5 comments
Geological model predicts merging of North America and Asia
Raman technique peers into cabin baggage
Feb 7, 2012 6 comments
New scanner could ease airport liquids ban
Theoretical-physics hub opens in South America
Feb 7, 2012 6 comments
South American Institute for Fundamental Research set to tackle subjects ranging from mathematical biology to cosmology
Vertical graphene transistor avoids leakage
Feb 6, 2012 2 comments
New device can be switched on and off
Cool sun could host habitable planet
Feb 3, 2012 4 comments
New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a cool star
Spider webs strengthened by local sacrifices
Feb 3, 2012 3 comments
Arachnid silks could inspire improved building designs
Magnetic fields put the brakes on millisecond pulsars
Feb 2, 2012 2 comments
Research could also help better determine pulsar age
Getting to the froth of the matter
Feb 2, 2012 6 comments
Physicists create the "ideal foam" in the lab for the first time
Frequency comb reaches extreme ultraviolet
Feb 1, 2012 4 comments
Device could boost study of fundamental constants
