The best of 2007
Monthly highlights from the year in physics
Let the cooling begin at the LHC
CERN will soon be inundated with cryogens by the truckload
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Big science and China hold future promise
New markets for vacuum technology
Big science needs vacuum innovation
Large experiments have similar vacuum challenges
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Suppliers can reap big benefits from China’s hi-tech boom
Chinese vacuum market is expanding
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Laser could create dark-matter particles
Physicists plan experiment at Hamburg lab to look for axions
Vacuum challenges and solutions
Reliability and innovation are touchstones for the vacuum industry in the 21st century. Reliability is needed to get the most out of expensive manufacturing equipment, while innovation is essential to...
Tiny writing heats up
Physicists develop improved dip-pen nanolithography method for nanometre-scale patterning
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Gravity Probe B takes off
Experiment will check two untested predictions of general relativity
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Gold plating on the cheap
Gold nitride could cut costs for the electronics industry
Read article: Gold plating on the cheap
