New ‘light transistor’ for optical circuits
Devices that run on photons instead of electrons could transmit data at the speed of light
Zooming in on the Eros asteroid
Images from the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft provide clues to the young solar system
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Cracking the Brazil nut problem
Segregation in a bowl of nuts may be akin to condensation in gases
Jets on Jupiter: first view of an auroral flare
The solar wind and the giant planet's magnetic field combine to produce a huge plume
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Plutonium puzzle pieced together
A hybrid theory solves the long-standing riddle of the element's structure
Magic material flips refractive index
A radical material with a negative refractive index could revolutionise optoelectronics
Internet aids the spread of computer viruses
The structure of the Internet allows viruses to propagate surprisingly easily
Slingshot test for general relativity
The gravitational pull on a spacecraft could be the best test yet of relativity
New metallic superconductor makes an immediate impact
Superconductivity – the complete loss of electrical resistance in certain metals when cooled to low temperatures – continues to hold surprises. Hot on the heels of the discovery of charge-...
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Ultrafast electron diffraction shapes up
Now Ahmed Zewail and co-workers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a method of ultrafast electron diffraction that can resolve both the structure of a molecule and its dynamics d...
