Ups and downs for big projects
Mixed fortunes for physicists and astronomers in the US and Europe
Mesons violate Bell’s inequality
A fundamental aspect of quantum theory has been tested in a particle-physics experiment for the first time
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Mixed messages from the edge of the solar system
Two groups analyzing data from the Voyager spacecraft cannot agree if it has passed the “termination shock”
NMR breakthrough for bone fracture
New non-invasive technique could help the elderly
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The string-theory landscape
String theorists have found a way to describe an accelerating universe
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Photonic crystals boost semiconductor lasers
Physicists in the US have made a new type of surface-emitting laser
A new spin on black holes
The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is rotating
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Gold plating on the cheap
Gold nitride could cut costs for the electronics industry
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Cosmic-ray detector breaks size record
Massive experiment should solve mystery of ultrahigh-energy particles from space
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Super-cool detector spots single photons
Superconducting approach could have big benefits for astronomy
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