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Atomic, molecular & optical physics

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News

'Ghostly' 3D images taken without a camera

Simple and cheap technique could be used in medical imaging

Bose–Einstein condensate is in the can

Optical trap could lead to new quantum simulations

Getting to the bottom of foamy physics

New model describes the evolution of bubble clusters

Cold-atom random laser simulates stellar clouds

Device could provide insights into astrophysics

In depth

The secret of life

David Jenkins and Oliver Kirsebom explore the mysterious nuclear energy level of carbon-12 that made life possible

ESP and LSD on the CIA's dime

Andrew Whitaker reviews David Kaiser's How the Hippies Saved Physics

Physics for students, not poets

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

Between the lines

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