Invisibility cloaks go optical
‘Carpet cloak’ shrouds objects from red light, claim researchers
Curved light bends the rules
Plasma filaments could lead to new spectroscopic tool
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Metamaterial focuses ultrasound
Negative refraction could improve ultrasound imaging
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Symmetry boosts spin’s lifetime
Physicists tune quantum well for spintronics
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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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Technique to mass produce metamaterials
Silver nanowires negatively refract visible light
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Quantum dots boost solar cell efficiencies
Hybrid devices could lower cost of solar power
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Do you have an eye for entanglement?
Proposed experiment could let humans directly see entangled photons
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Detecting colour on the nanoscale
Nanotube-based devices mimic human vision
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Laser captures photosynthesis in action
New method shines a light on energy transfer
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