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Behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution

A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and holons.

31 July 2009

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Sunny times ahead for solar power

A new initiative funded by the Carbon Trust hopes to make solar power an affordable choice for homeowners within 10 years.

8 February 2008

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Guiding the light

Pioneering research shines new light on our understanding of the way we see the world. Optical fibres have now been found to exist in vertebrate eyes, channelling light down their length and delivering it without distortion straight to the cells that ‘see’.

1 September 2007