Taking a closer look at light
Two new optical probes work on ultrashort and ultrafast scales
US group calls for new linear collider
High-energy physicists lobby for powerful accelerator
Quantum Hall effect gets new dimensions
4D version of 2D effect could give clue to quantum gravity
Leicester imports student hotshots
New scheme brings the brightest students to the UK
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Super shock absorber could protect buildings
Simulations show that a tapered chain of beads could take the sting out of large impacts
Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes
Magnetic fields could make black holes spill energy into surrounding gas and dust
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X-ray device sets pulses racing
A switch to control bursts of X-rays could make it much easier to track reaction dynamics
OSA elects British president
Peter Knight of Imperial College voted president of the Optical Society of America
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Organic magnetism hots up
Physicists show that pure carbon can behave as a magnet
Read article: Organic magnetism hots up
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