Researchers spin a yarn into a muscle
Everyday polymer fibres used to create artificial muscles
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Electronic whiskers could help robots navigate
Life-like structures can detect a gentle breeze
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Physicists work out why wet skin wrinkles
Lattice of springy filaments soaks up water
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Quantized vibrations are essential to photosynthesis, say physicists
High efficiency of reaction is "unambiguously" linked to non-classical behaviour
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Flexible circuit mounted on contact lens
New devices could help diagnose glaucoma
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Our favourite pictures of 2013
From shape-shifting metals and evolving bubbles to ancient light
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Biophysics ‘rollercoaster ride’ wins Physics World’s 2013 Book of the Year
A book that applies physics and biology to the conundrum of human consciousness edges out other contenders in a strong field
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Shedding new light on old art
Martin Fischer shows the benefits for the art world of the laser-based technique of pump–probe microscopy
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Viruses breathe new life into batteries
Nanofabrication method is environmentally friendly
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Model explains why liquid suspensions suddenly turn solid
New approach combines fluid and granular physics
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