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Fractal patterns spotted in the quantum realm

Feb 9, 2010 2 comments

Electrons interfere to create fractal patterns in ferromagnet

Physicists watch entropy in action

Feb 5, 2010 5 comments

Cluster formation ruled by rotational and vibrational symmetry

Graphene transistor breaks new record

Feb 5, 2010 1 comment

New device fastest in the world at 100 GHz

Quantum mechanics boosts photosynthesis

Feb 4, 2010 2 comments

Solar energy is converted into chemical energy more efficiently thanks to quantum coherence

In depth

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

Vitaly Ginzburg: a life in physics

Nov 3, 2009 9 comments

Vitaly Ginzburg – one of the most prominent Russian theoretical physicists of the 20th century – talks exclusively about his achievements in physics, his distrust of the church's growing role in Russian society and how the hydrogen bomb saved his life.