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Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails, helping them travel beyond the solar system

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Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D

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Nanodiamonds

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Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny

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Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

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Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices

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Chemist Omar M. Yaghi

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Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world

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People searching for quasicrystals in a surreal pink and blue landscape, reminiscent of a quasicrystal's non-repeating atomic structure

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Why quasicrystals shouldn’t exist but are turning up in strange places

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Chemistry

Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar

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Even in our digital world, materials still matter

Next to the flashy realm of AI, materials may seem quaint. But new quantum research could yield revolutionary breakthroughs, with the power to transform our world

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We’ve glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

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Super-cool cement could stop buildings trapping heat inside

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Jacket that gets thinner when you sweat could help avoid overheating

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

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