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Two new optical probes work on ultrashort and ultrafast scales
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Two new optical probes work on ultrashort and ultrafast scales
High-energy physicists lobby for powerful accelerator
4D version of 2D effect could give clue to quantum gravity
New scheme brings the brightest students to the UK
Read article: Leicester imports student hotshots
Simulations show that a tapered chain of beads could take the sting out of large impacts
Magnetic fields could make black holes spill energy into surrounding gas and dust
Read article: Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes
A switch to control bursts of X-rays could make it much easier to track reaction dynamics
Peter Knight of Imperial College voted president of the Optical Society of America
Read article: OSA elects British president
Physicists show that pure carbon can behave as a magnet
Read article: Organic magnetism hots up
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