Symmetry boosts spin’s lifetime
Physicists tune quantum well for spintronics
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In search of the black swans
The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margi...
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New technique boosts NMR sensitivity 1000-fold
Spin-transfer using "hyperpolarization" could lead to faster, more precise MRI scans
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Microscope sees the Fermi surface
Scanning-tunnelling technique adapted to map bulk electrons
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Type-1.5 superconductor shows its stripes
Could strange vortex patterns reveal two superfluids?
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Polarized electrons pumped at GHz frequencies
Magnetic field boosts electron-pump precision
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Plot thickens for iron-arsenide superconductors
Physicists question 2D nature of high-temperature superconductivity
Iron-based superconductors really are different
Energy gap measurements suggest a new mechanism for superconductivity
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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‘Uncontrollable’ nuclei sharpen up MRI
The solution to a theoretical puzzle could provide the basis for improved MRI techniques.
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