Einstein letter fetches record amount at auction
‘Private buyer with a passion for theoretical physics’ bids £170,000
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Eccentric pulsar could be part of a threesome
Mysterious binary system defies explanation
Shrimp see a polarized world
Biophysics experiment reveals how shrimp could find food and mates using circularly polarized light
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Ozone could clean up biological-warfare agents
Acidifying water increases the lifetime of ozone so that it can be used for hours
Quantized conductance seen in graphene
Graphene nanodevices move a step closer
Neil Turok chosen to lead Perimeter Institute
Cambridge cosmologist says his switch to the Canadian centre is the "opportunity of a lifetime"
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Nobel laureates petition Bush over funding shortfall
Twenty top physicists call for over $500m in 'emergency' cash to plug poor 2008 US science budget
Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water
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Weiler to remain NASA science chief
Interim chief accepts permanent position and plans to continue hard-nosed approach to project overruns
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Atom laser makes its first measurement
The ability to modify an atom-laser beam should open up avenues in quantum information
