Physics

  1. Tech

    Nanotubes coming to a screen near you

    New technology promises brighter, bigger display screens that use less energy.

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  2. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Marijuana loses its high, plus soy tape, gritty bubbles and more in this week’s news.

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  3. Physics

    Salt clouds relieve some Arctic warming

    Sea sprays from increasingly open waters exert a cooling effect in the region.

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  4. Physics

    Scientists see the one-way light

    Nonlinear materials that allow directional discrimination of waves could be used to make components for light-based computers.

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    A quantum state is teleported, plus twisty light and foamy graphene in this week's news.

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  6. Physics

    Time travel nixed in metamaterial world

    A desktop universe captures essential properties of the real thing.

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  7. Physics

    How bicycles keep the rubber on the road

    An international collaboration tries to explain the surprising stability of two-wheeled travel.

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  8. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    3-D effects without the glasses, plus portable X-rays and linking qubits in this week’s news.

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  9. Physics

    Screwy symmetry revealed

    Math trick that reverses spirals and other shapes that twist and turn should provide new ways to understand and design materials.

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  10. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    A new way to fold a paper bag, plus good apples and designer silk in this week’s news.

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  11. Physics

    Remodeling the standard model

    Physicists could be on the verge of discovering a new elementary particle, studies at a U.S. accelerator suggest.

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  12. Humans

    Hidden dalliance revealed by X-rays

    A high-tech analysis uncovers a 19th century painter’s do-over.

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