Fluids mix in reverse
Beads stirred in a viscous fluid can amazingly return to their starting positions if the direction of mixing is reversed
Sound waves target new applications
New technology offers alternative to touch screens
Doing physics with bacteria
Helical filaments spring surprises in liquid-crystal state
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STM reveals molecular first
The Jahn-Teller effect is seeen in single molecules for the first time
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Diamonds are not forever
A new form of carbon is harder than conventional diamond
Going for gold
Researchers have made a new gold alloy that could have applications in jewellery, electronics and elsewhere
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Dirac Medal goes to condensed matter physicists
Prize recognizes work of Sam Edwards at Cambridge and Patrick Lee at MIT
Hydrogen result causes controversy
Does hydrogen contain a previously unknown "hydrino" state that could be used as new source of energy?
How do solids melt?
Colloid crystals shed new light on the transition from solid to liquid
Lattice trap improves optical clocks
Strontium atoms confined in an optical lattice could revolutionize timekeeping
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