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![Put down your phone and get some sleep… Why you may ask? Well, this week, in the first study of its kind, a link has […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Sleep-on-it_preview-300x170-115x115.png "Texting at Night May Lead to Lower Grades")
Texting at Night May Lead to Lower Grades
Posted on February 2, 2016 | No CommentsPut down your phone and get some sleep… Why you may ask? Well, this week, in the first study of its kind, a link has […] -
![Stephen Hawking may have found the answer to the black hole information paradox, a problem that has plagued physicists for the past 40 years. Black […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/black-holes-opener-615-115x115.jpg "Stephen Hawking Strikes Again")
Stephen Hawking Strikes Again
Posted on January 20, 2016 | No CommentsStephen Hawking may have found the answer to the black hole information paradox, a problem that has plagued physicists for the past 40 years. Black […] -
![From more advanced handheld devices to bigger, better number-crunchers to provide forecasts of climate change, the applications for faster computer processors are more numerous than […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Light-speed Computer to Pack a Heavy Punch")
Light-speed Computer to Pack a Heavy Punch
Posted on October 17, 2015 | 2 CommentsFrom more advanced handheld devices to bigger, better number-crunchers to provide forecasts of climate change, the applications for faster computer processors are more numerous than […] -
Efficient Light-Harvesting Framework Uses Photosynthetic Bacterium-Based Design
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsScientists from Japan have developed a hybrid biomimetic light-harvesting framework which involves many light-absorbing molecules, spread out over a large surface area, focusing their harvested […] -
![The effects of quantum mechanics can now be seen, elucidating how light interacts with matter at a sub-nanometre scale. Researchers have seen the quantum regime […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Golden kisses that change the colour of light")
Golden kisses that change the colour of light
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe effects of quantum mechanics can now be seen, elucidating how light interacts with matter at a sub-nanometre scale. Researchers have seen the quantum regime […] -
Breaking the laws of physics to tame unruly particles
Posted on November 4, 2012 | No CommentsScientists from Stanford University have created a device which breaks a key physical law, allowing light to be controlled in a similar way to electricity. […] -
New microsensors use laser light to give accurate and quick results
Posted on October 21, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers at the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology have been working on developing a super sensitive type of motion detector; an […] -
![Spectroscopy, it seems to me, is the most useful tool in the astronomer’s box. In the broadest sense, it describes the set of methods whereby […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "The Astronomer’s Toolkit")
The Astronomer’s Toolkit
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpectroscopy, it seems to me, is the most useful tool in the astronomer’s box. In the broadest sense, it describes the set of methods whereby […]
