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Transport properties Research update Ferromagnets and superconductors make negative-index materials Physicists have discovered a new type of negative-refractive-index material
Telescopes and space missions Research update Exotic materials and pulsars win European prize Researchers studying "left-handed" materials and pulsars are awarded shares of the €1m Descartes Prize
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