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Quantum Hall effect in HGTe
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Quantum Hall effect in HGTe

German and American physicists have for the first time observed the first signs of an unusual solid phenomenon called the Quantum spin Hall effect (QSHE), in which elect…

December 14, 2018
Nano antenna converges laser light
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Nano antenna converges laser light

What do you get when you combine the quantum laser cascade with an optical antenna? The answer, according to US researchers, is a device that creates a tiny spot of ligh…

December 14, 2018
New sensors serve medicine and military
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New sensors serve medicine and military

US scientists are developing a type of sensor that is smaller than rice grain, has a very high sensitivity, can be widely used in medicine and military.

December 14, 2018
Einstein was right to say time expanded
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Einstein was right to say time expanded

According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, a flying clock will tick more slowly than a stationary clock. And that is true, an international research group cla…

December 14, 2018
The best inventions of 2007
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The best inventions of 2007

Time magazine (USA) has just released the list of 2007's best inventions. It is not surprising that the music player - iPhone integrated mobile phone is the champion.

December 14, 2018
New record of electron diffraction
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New record of electron diffraction

Materials science researchers in the UK and Germany have developed a new electron microscopy technique that enables the creation of electron diffraction images from a ma…

December 14, 2018
Cooling with Polariton
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Cooling with Polariton

Shining light on an object to reduce its temperature seems a rather strange way, but laser cooling is frequently used in physics, especially to create super-cold samples…

December 14, 2018
Fermion pairs do not have superfluidity
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Fermion pairs do not have superfluidity

In recent years, physicists have realized that fermions (such as electrons) can exhibit superfluidity because of their ability to pair at very low temperatures. Now, a g…

December 14, 2018
Innovations that change lives
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Innovations that change lives

Up to 90% of the world's population has little access to basic products and services. Half of them, about 3 billion people, lack food, shelter and clean water. But parad…

December 14, 2018