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Helium atoms get the ride of their life

'Ponderomotive' forces could boost surface science

Special relativity passes key test

Lorentz invariance holds at the Planck length

'High-payoff' energy research receives US cash boost

Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m

Plasmons shine a light on catalysis

New optical technique can examine catalysts under "real-life" conditions

Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole

Lab-based experiment could further our understanding of black holes and neutron stars

Bacteria power micro-ratchet

The chaotic motion of bacteria can rotate a tiny cog wheel

'Mini lasers' illuminate dark molecules

Microscopy technique shines a new light

String theorist takes over from Hawking

Michael Green unveiled as Cambridge University's next Lucasian Professor of Mathematics

Electrons reveal DNA without destroying it

Holography uncovers individual biomolecules

Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist

Enter the yoctosecond

Particle collisions could yield ultrashort light pulses

Chemical signature could help locate Earth-like planets

Planet formation could have affected Sun's composition

IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system

First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists

Charges band together in graphene

"Wonder material" exhibits collective behaviour

‘Magnetic charge’ measured in spin ice

Physicists get a closer look at monopole currents