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Flat lens focuses telecom wavelengths without distortion

October 8, 2012
News
An ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortion associated with conventional lenses has been created by applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Quantum mechanics caught on camera

September 24, 2012
News
Images of quantum entanglement have been caught on camera for the first time by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Entanglement is one of the bizarre behaviours exhibited by particles...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Dark energy really does exist

September 13, 2012
News
Dark energy, a cosmic substance thought to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe, really does exist, according to a team of astronomers at the University of Portsmouth and...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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Milky Way galaxy ‘twins’ discovered

August 30, 2012
News
The Milky Way is a far from unique galaxy, but when paired with its close companions - dwarf galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds – it is very rare. However, now astronomers...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Bright future for photonics

August 24, 2012
News
Optical fibres that change the wavelength – and therefore colour – of light have been developed by physicists at the University of Bath.A fibre drawing tower uses a precisely controlled...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Quantum dot moves to redefine ampere

August 15, 2012
News
A pump which picks electrons up one-by-one and moves them across a barrier to create a well-defined electrical current has been developed by National Physical Laboratory and University of Cambridge...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Returning bumblebees to Britain’s countryside

August 10, 2012
Insight
Bumble bees are important for pollination of plants and crops, but certain species are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. For some – like the short-haired bumble bee –...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Explosive solar activity imaged

August 3, 2012
News
New images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into a coronal loop have helped scientists move closer towards understanding the origin of space storms.Meanwhile the UK Government Office...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Physics of the thixotropic solution

July 20, 2012
News
Corn flour and water – it’s a non-Newtonian fluid - but exactly how does it work? This is a question that physicists from the University of Chicago have attempted to...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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Milky Way to collide with Andromeda

July 16, 2012
News
The Milky Way looks set to collide with neighbouring galaxy Andromeda – but not for another four billion years.NASA astronomers predict the Sun will be flung into a new region...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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