Coming soon to a field near you
Richard Taylor investigates the biophysics and mathematics of crop-circle art
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Beyond the eureka moment
Nadya Reingand offers advice to academics as they consider how – and whether – to commercialize their inventions
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Cloaking space–time
Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler introduce the "event cloak" – perfect for the ultimate bank heist
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Deflecting the light and deceiving the gods
Tales of invisible people and magical invisibility-bestowing objects have thrilled us for millennia. Sidney Perkowitz reveals how these myths and fantasies are now becoming a reality
The sounds of science
Wanda Diaz Merced describes how losing her sight led her to investigate ways of using sound to study space physics
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3D TV without glasses
Wondering why you can watch a Nintendo 3DS without glasses? Jonathan Mather reveals all
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Vision of beauty
Richard Taylor explains why fractals play a key role in retinal-implant technology
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Optical sensors boost space science
Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms
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Optoelectronics: a green explosion
"Green" photonics is good for the planet and for profits, discovers Richard Stevenson
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Resistance is futile
Continuing our superconductivity centenary celebrations, Ted Forgan looks at the challenges for high-temperature materials
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