Exotic materials and pulsars win European prize
Researchers studying "left-handed" materials and pulsars are awarded shares of the €1m Descartes Prize
Optical devices get fishy
Fish waste has attractive optical properties
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Nanotubes beam out bright light
New technique is more efficient than normal electron-hole recombination route
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New look for optical microscopy
Making images without photons
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Silicon chip puts the brakes on light
A photonic crystal circuit offers control over the speed of light at infrared wavelengths
Beating the sub-wavelength limit
Theorists predict that cold atoms can pass through slits narrower than their de Broglie wavelength
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Nobel prize recognizes optics researchers
Three physicists share the 2005 Nobel prize for their work in optics
A cold twist on the Hanbury Brown Twiss effect
Physicists discover classic effect in ultracold quantum gases
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Fibres control the speed of light
New approach to fast and slow light could have real-world applications
Photonic crystals move into new areas
Photonic quasicrystals and table-top accelerators are the latest breakthroughs for these remarkable materials
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