Cosmic magnetism revealed
Density fluctuations in the early universe could be the origin of the large magnetic fields in today's galaxies
Closing in on Charon
Pluto's moon might not have an atmosphere
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Ferromagnets and superconductors make negative-index materials
Physicists have discovered a new type of negative-refractive-index material
Hubble reveals dark-matter details
Astronomers have located dark matter in two young galaxy clusters
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Fluids mix in reverse
Beads stirred in a viscous fluid can amazingly return to their starting positions if the direction of mixing is reversed
Ions trapped on a chip
New microscale traps could allow many qubits to be integrated in a workable quantum computer
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DNA pyramids make their debut
Physicists develop DNA tetrahedra that can be used as building blocks for nanostructures
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Perseus arm is closer than thought
New measurements suggest the distance to the Milky Way's nearest spiral arm is less than astronomers previously believed
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Ministers support Europe in space
The European Space Agency gets nearly full funding for its forthcoming activities
Photons create primitive quantum network
Single photons can be stored in an atomic cloud and retrieved without losing their quantum character
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