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Apr 1, 2012

Free to view: a special focus issue of Physics World examining some of the latest applications of optics and lasers

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Head of the US nuclear regulator resigns

Particle physicist Gregory Jaczko steps down amid criticisms

Gamma rays hint at dark matter

Clever analysis points to new particles in Fermi-satellite data

Cosmic-ray theory gets the cold shoulder

IceCube sees no neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts

Supercomputers provide new insight into charge–parity violation

Kaon decay process simulated and computationally verified

First hint of Majorana fermions spotted in nanowires

Elusive particle emerges from topological insulator

Linear-collider teams join in rivalry

New board and director for linear-collider design effort

Fermilab told to rein in planned neutrino experiment

LBNE will need "phased approach" after suffering funding setback

Neutrino-based communication is a first

Data transmitted 1 km using elusive particles

Dineutron emission seen for the first time

Rare decay glimpsed in unstable beryllium

Department of Energy boost for small nuclear reactors

Three firms to build modular power plants at US site

Daya Bay nails neutrino oscillation

Chinese–US experiment achieves best measurement yet of key neutrino mixing angle

Internal structure of antihydrogen probed for the first time

ALPHA experiment makes rapid advances in demystifying antimatter

Isotope separation with a light touch

Lithium-7 could be isolated without toxic mercury

Doubts grow over superluminal-neutrino result

Faulty cable could have led to an underestimate of neutrino journey times

Axions could solve lithium problem

Hypothetical particles may have affected nucleosynthesis