Physics

  1. Physics

    Time travel nixed in metamaterial world

    A desktop universe captures essential properties of the real thing.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Humans

    Hidden dalliance revealed by X-rays

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

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  8. Physics

    2011 American Physical Society meeting

    Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.

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  9. Physics

    2011 American Physical Society meeting

    Powerful X-rays illuminate hidden messages from the past, plus Lyme disease sensors and graphene transistors in meeting news.

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  10. Chemistry

    Japan nuke accident seen from Seattle

    Radioactive particles retrieved in the Pacific Northwest offer clues to events inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.

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  11. Chemistry

    Silicene: It could be the new graphene

    Single-layer sheets of silicon might have electronic applications.

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  12. Physics

    Diamond could store quantum information

    A new technique would use flaws in crystal structure to hold data.

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