What’s in store for 2013?
Celebrate the turn of the year with our predictions of the key physics events of the next 12 months
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Virtual phonons get real
Dynamical Casimir effect spotted in ultracold gas
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Spin friction seen for a single atom
Magnitude of effect is "surprisingly large"
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Atoms interfere one at a time
Single-atom matter–wave experiment is a first, say physicists
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Nitrogen vacancies detect magnetic fields in fluids
Nanodiamonds controlled using optical tweezers
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Ultracold fermions simulate spin–orbit coupling
Experiments could shed light on Majorana particles
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Ultracold atoms simulate electrical conduction
Ohmic resistance seen for ballistic atoms
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Particle trapped with light and heat
System allows precise measurement of thermal forces acting on tiny particles
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Germany sends optical-clock signal over nearly 1000 km
New technique is first step towards pan-European network for connecting optical clocks
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‘Superradiant’ laser created for first time
Breakthrough could boost performance of optical and atomic clocks
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