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Heinrich Rohrer: 1933–2013

Scanning tunnelling microscope pioneer shared Nobel prize

Why water prefers the single life

Researchers challenge idea that liquid water has two separate forms

Ernest Moniz nominated as US energy secretary

Obama administration opts for MIT physicist in top energy role

Online-learning provider edX doubles to a dozen members

Harvard–MIT education project gains its first international partners

In depth

The electrical human

A book on the various roles that electricity plays in the human body, reviewed by Richard Clayton

Between the lines

Brian Cox's venture into the life sciences and a travel guide to the Northern Lights reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat

Consciousness from the ground up

Werner Loewenstein's Physics in Mind, reviewed by Seth Lloyd

Sounding out the Sun

Introducing a new work of art called a solar wind chime

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