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The laser set-up in the lab that led to the research results

Electron ‘spin’ key to solar cell breakthrough

07 Aug 2013

Latest research paves way for inexpensive, high performance cells

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Pictures of inkjet-printed LC laser droplets on to a PVA film.

Researchers develop printable lasers

19 Sep 2012

A way of printing lasers using everyday inkjet technology has been created by scientists. The development has a wide range of possible applications...

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A forest

Use a laser, save a tree

14 Mar 2012

Laser un-printers that can remove toner from scrap paper so that it can be used again may be coming to an office near you in the future, results from...

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Dual Wave/Particle Nature of Light

Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye

08 Jan 2012

New research lays groundwork for new generation of ultrasensitive gyroscopes to measure gravity, magnetic field, and create quantum circuits.

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The Bose-Einstein condensate

Cool Machines

10 Apr 2009

At about a billionth of a degree above absolute zero, a machine built by the Cold Atoms Group at the Cavendish Laboratory is one of the coolest...

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