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News

DNA helps turn graphene into a chemical sensor

Aug 31, 2010

New device could act as an electronic 'nose'

Pushy hydrogen boosts molecular microscopy

Aug 27, 2010 3 comments

Physicists explain scanning-tunnelling microscope mystery

Terahertz scanning acquires sense of direction

Aug 12, 2010 5 comments

Metamaterial device could boost airport security

Squeezing more out of solar power

Aug 9, 2010 3 comments

New technology promises to use the Sun's heat, as well as its light

In depth

From ray-gun to Blu-ray

Apr 30, 2010 3 comments

Fifty years after their invention, Sidney Perkowitz examines the huge impact of lasers on science, culture and everyday life

Between the lines

Jan 5, 2010

The other Oppenheimer, cooking for astronauts and the "amazing" Grace Hopper

Measuring (almost) zero

Dec 1, 2009 8 comments

Chad Orzel explains why a non-zero value for the electron's electric dipole moment could be the harbinger of "new physics"

Between the lines

Dec 1, 2009

A round-up of the best books to put on your Christmas shopping list – or for someone else to buy for you