US energy boss reveals $1.2bn spending plans
Steven Chu names national labs and clean energy as big winners of stimulus package
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Laser captures photosynthesis in action
New method shines a light on energy transfer
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Journeys to greatness
To practising physicists, the great equations of physics might seem obvious, logical and trivial. But to their discoverers, Robert P Crease argues, that was far from true
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Nanowires are guided around chips
DNA coating offers a route to self-assembled circuits
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Reasons to be cheerful
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
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Random motion of bacteria could drive micromotors
Tiny organisms could spin a rotor, say physicists
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Shifty constants
Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
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European synchrotron secures €177m upgrade
New beamlines will allow nanometre-scale experiments at Grenoble lab
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Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology
Joost van Mameren explains how quantitative force measurements by optical tweezers can unravel the mechanical properties of biological molecules
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Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors
Tiny rotors are inspired by biological motors
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