Superfluids point to the origin of ‘monster’ ocean waves
Researchers say wave energy can cascade towards long wavelengths
Liquid mirror shows promise for adaptive optics
Device is controlled by an array of magnetic coils
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‘Anaconda’ could be the best way to harness wave power
Huge rubber tube will be cheap and almost maintenance free, say researchers
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Glass arrested on the road to crystallization
Experiments on colloidal gels shed light on how glass is formed
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Viruses get X-rayed
New technique generates X-ray diffraction images of single viruses
Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Interactions between convection cells and solid objects provide insight into how 'supercontinents' form and then break apart
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Combination technique shows the strain
Moiré technique and electron holography combined to give 2D strain map
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NMR sheds new light on protein interactions
Free proteins change shape prior to binding, say biophysicists
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Shrimp see a polarized world
Biophysics experiment reveals how shrimp could find food and mates using circularly polarized light
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Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water
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