Read article: Photonic orbitals shape up
The behaviour of photons confined inside three-dimensional cavity superlattices is much more complex than that of electrons in conventional solid-state materials
Read article: ‘Quintuple point’ material defies 150-year-old thermodynamics rule
Simulated colloid-polymer mixture exists in five different phases at once, rather than the three allowed under the Gibbs phase rule
Read article: Supercooled water is stable in two different forms
New measurements show that extremely cold water has both a high-density and a low-density phase
Read article: Pions form a new kind of helium
Pionic helium exists for long enough to be zapped by lasers, paving the way for more precise measurements of the pion's mass
Read article: My favourite Nobel prize: Raman scattering is a universal fingerprint
From disease diagnosis to atomic physics, the discovery of Raman scattering has had a wide-ranging impact on science and technology, argues Anna Demming
Read article: Nanoparticles set spinning record
Two independent research teams have made nanoparticles rotate at more than a billion times a second
Read article: Quantum control of chemical reactions achieved with electrons
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Read article: Show us your metal
Harvard physicists Isaac Silvera and Ranga Dias claim they made metallic hydrogen, but other remain unconvinced. Jon Cartwright explores both sides of the argument
Read article: The quest to create metallic hydrogen
Isaac Silvera from Harvard University outlines how metallic hydrogen could have revolutionary applications
Read article: Flash Physics: Vibrots simulate granular gas, cosmic bridge is magnetic, Hydrogen bonds measured directly
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