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Listening with a 'quantum ear'

Feb 9, 2012 2 comments

Tiny microphone could pave the way for quantum acoustics

Vertical graphene transistor avoids leakage

Feb 6, 2012 2 comments

New device can be switched on and off

Spider webs strengthened by local sacrifices

Feb 3, 2012 3 comments

Arachnid silks could inspire improved building designs

Getting to the froth of the matter

Feb 2, 2012 6 comments

Physicists create the "ideal foam" in the lab for the first time

In depth

Cocktail physics

Dec 6, 2011 2 comments

Naveen N Sinha and David A Weitz reveal the science behind this tasty topic

Cooking up a storm

Dec 1, 2011 4 comments

Peter Barham reviews Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet

Uplifting thoughts

Nov 17, 2011 1 comment

Ted Forgan reviews Rising Force: the Magic of Magnetic Levitation by James Livingston

Neutrons for the future at the Institut Laue-Langevin

Sep 22, 2011 1 comment

Andrew Harrison talks about how the Grenoble lab hopes to maintain its world-class position