Blazars help measure extragalactic background light
New method looks at attenuated high-energy gamma rays
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Can we see the motion of electrons on the atomic scale?
Amelle Zair on how ultrafast flashes of light are revealing the atomic world
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What do plastic bags have in common with metal?
Adrian Sutton explains why metals and plastic bags deform in different but related ways
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Getting to the bottom of foamy physics
New model describes the evolution of bubble clusters
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How nanocrystals squeeze through nanotubes
Crystals reform at atomic scale to pass through narrow passages within nanotubes
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Atomic magnetometer is most sensitive yet
Device does not require shielding from external fields
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Amino acids allow bacterial ‘nanowires’ to conduct electricity
Research could allow similar materials to be synthesized in the lab
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Intense terahertz pulses cause DNA damage and repair
Pulses show potential for medical therapy
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Putting a new spin on photons
Giant photonic spin Hall effect observed in metamaterials
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Micro black holes could form at lower-than-expected energies
Colliding particles act like gravitational lenses and focus energy to form a single black hole
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