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Optical physics Research update Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Biophysics Research update Tinnitus treatment tones up Physicists have devised a new model that could help sufferers of tinnitus
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Read article: Solar surgery makes progress Lasers Research update Solar surgery makes progress Researchers have improved a surgical technique based on solar radiation
Optical physics Research update Adaptive optics may help opticians A technique from astronomy could help fight eye disease
Microscopy Research update Nanotechnology is good for the heart Scientists have built a nanoscale device that can detect proteins associated with heart attacks
Optical physics Research update Imaging an infant brain Scientists take the first 3-D images of a newborn baby’s brain using transmitted light measurements
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