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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Exploding dark-matter balls predicted
Physicists think a new form of dark matter may exist
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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Entanglement reaches new levels
Physicists have entangled a record number of particles
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