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Nanoparticles give super-resolution microscopy a boost

Feb 24, 2017

Amplified stimulated emission allows low-illumination applications

Flash Physics: Frozen droplets explode, biophysicist wins Emmy Noether prize, galaxy glows with gamma rays

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Nuclear energy may come from the sea

Feb 23, 2017 7 comments

Uranium extracted from the sea could provide centuries of power

Flash Physics: Rhodium breaks up carbon dioxide, UK invests £229m in new institutes, ions sense rotation

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Seven Earth-like exoplanets orbit nearby star

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Conditions for life could exist on at least three of the rocky worlds

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Jan 17, 2017

Welding clear-to-clear polymers with thulium fibre lasers. A white paper from IPG Photonics

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A laser-bubble mermaid, ode to seven exoplanets, metallic hydrogen is lost

Feb 24, 2017

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Feb 22, 2017

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Nuclear diamonds: the ultimate long-life battery?

Feb 9, 2017

Podcast Potential power supply for deep-space missions

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The return of supersolids

Feb 14, 2017

Stephen Ornes reports on how two groups may have finally observed supersolids

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Deducing how dinosaurs moved

Feb 2, 2017

Matthew R Francis describes how physicists are modelling the movements of these ancient beasts

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Joel’s conference

Feb 9, 2017

Robert P Crease meets the US statistical physicist famed for his unique scientific meetings

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A tour de force of the cosmos

Feb 23, 2017

The line between scientific idealism and scientific realism is blurry, as all scientific endeavours are affected by human bias, says Lionel London

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