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News

Quantum dots give graphene photodetector a boost

May 14, 2012 4 comments

Hybrid device is a billion times more sensitive to light

Frequency comb takes a measure of distance

May 10, 2012 4 comments

New interferometry technique uses "thousands of lasers"

Silicon 'prism' bends gamma rays

May 9, 2012 11 comments

Surprise discovery could lead to new imaging techniques

Solar-cell efficiency boosted by folds and wrinkles

May 9, 2012 8 comments

New organic photovoltaic mimics leaves

In depth

Physics for students, not poets

Mar 22, 2012 2 comments

Brian Clegg reviews Leon Lederman and Christopher Hill's Quantum Physics for Poets

Between the lines

Jan 26, 2012

A new biography of Stephen Hawking and a history of radioactivity, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Let there be a year of light

Dec 15, 2011 1 comment

Luisa Cifarelli calls for 2015 to be the International Year of Light

Between the lines: Christmas special

Dec 15, 2011

Books on time travel, calculus, science experiments for children and more, reviewed by Margaret Harris, Matin Durrani and Tushna Commissariat