Work on whispers gives physicists something to shout about
How the ear responds to very soft sounds
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Dark solitons emerge into the light
"Upside-down" wave created in laboratory tank
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Why water prefers the single life
Researchers challenge idea that liquid water has two separate forms
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Star-shaped waves spotted in shaken fluid
Nonlinear waves interact to break symmetry
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Voltage boosts bubble fluid flow
Effects could have applications in microfluidic systems
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Proteins boost quantum coherence in bacteria
Study sheds new light on photosynthesis
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Our favourite pictures of 2012
From bio-engineered jellyfish and levitating drops to lunar landscapes
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Vital forces
A rare popular-science book on biophysics, reviewed by Richard Jones
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Physicists claim microwave-imaging ‘breakthrough’
Thermoacoustic technique could be used on patients within five years
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Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer
A biography of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, now available in English translation, reviewed by Tom McLeish
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