‘Buckypaper’ stretches in a strange way
Material’s response to stretching can be finely-tuned by mixing different carbon nanotubes
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Astronomers get clear view of blazar
Black-hole powered jets are created by twisting magnetic fields that drive particles from galactic cores
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Phonons fail to explain high-temperature superconductivity
Electron–phonon interactions can only account for a fraction of superconducting behaviour
Dark matter claims disputed
Flashes of light seen at the DAMA experiment in Italy are not necessarily WIMPs, say physicists
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Graphene transistors cut from ribbons into dots
Transistors made from graphene quantum dots show promise as the next generation of electronics
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Quasar tests general relativity to the limit
Researchers also claim first hard evidence for black holes
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US renews call for science debate
Pressure group sends out new invitations for presidential candidates to discuss science
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John Wheeler: 1911-2008
Giant of physics who gave black holes their name dies at 96
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Astronomers pinpoint source of slow solar wind
Colliding magnetic fields believed to eject particles from the Sun
Prototype gravitational-wave detector uses squeezed light
Use of quantum enhancement is a first
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