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Optical physics Research update Good news for negative-index materials New research shows that negative refraction does not violate causality
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Education and outreach Research update European research performance comes under scrutiny The European Commission has published a report on science and technology indicators
Structure and dynamics Research update Terahertz breakthrough at BESSY Physicists in Berlin have created the best ever beam of coherent terahertz radiation.
Read article: Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Optical physics Research update Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Researchers have demonstrated a new type of nanoscale computing
Read article: How the Earth’s core was formed Earth sciences Research update How the Earth’s core was formed Japanese researchers have shed light on how the Earth's core separated from its shell
Read article: New structure seen in the Crab pulsar Telescopes and space missions Research update New structure seen in the Crab pulsar Astrophysicists have found nanosecond radio bursts from a pulsar for the first time
Policy and funding Research update Making physics work for the economy The Institute of Physics has published a new report on physics-based industry
Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image