Metamaterial focuses ultrasound
Negative refraction could improve ultrasound imaging
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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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Detecting colour on the nanoscale
Nanotube-based devices mimic human vision
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Bringing exoplanets into sharper focus
New technique could vitalize the search for Earth-like planets
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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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‘Uncontrollable’ nuclei sharpen up MRI
The solution to a theoretical puzzle could provide the basis for improved MRI techniques.
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A feast of visualization
As physics enters the age of the petabyte, pioneering methods of visualization are fast changing the way we understand and disseminate science. Physics World presents a gallery of ...
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Seeing the quantum world
Barry Sanders explains how state-of-the-art animations are taking over the role of classic quantum-mechanical Gedanken experiments to help visualize the complexi...
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Optical oscilloscope is fit for high-speed studies
Device beats the resolution of conventional devices by more than a factor of five
