New optical clock breaks accuracy record
Aluminium-ion device makes use of quantum logic
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Your favourite units
Robert P Crease explains the enduring popularity of non-SI units, including the ox-day, firkin and litre
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Atomic spins measure ultracold temperatures
New thermometer could work down to a few trillionths of a Kelvin
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Seeing through the ‘two cultures’
Matthew Jones on the inseparability of the arts and sciences in early 19th-century France
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Nanoparticles sink or swim in sewage
Neutron scattering could help make wastewater nanoparticle free
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Your best unit
Robert P Crease discusses the origin of some units of measurement, and asks for your favourites
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Neutrino trigger could reveal gravitational waves
Existing detectors could score the first measurement
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Tools for learning
Some instruments in teaching laboratories may look old-fashioned, but those wooden boxes can hold surprisingly advanced equipment. George Herold describes his career designing exper...
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The power of robotics
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
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Web life: Hyperphysics
So what is the site about? Hyperphysics is a network of cross-linked articles on topics from acceleration to the Zeeman effect — essentially an online physics encyclopedia. Unlike some sites fea...
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