Plant mimicking device could be 40% efficient at converting incoming sunlight

Experiment puts collective-motion models to the test

New fabrication technique avoids defects

Quasars suggest fine-structure constant differed billions of years ago at opposite ends of universe

How magnetic flux emerges into the Sun's surroundings

Extended run could find first evidence of the Higgs boson

New device could act as an electronic 'nose'

Physicists explain scanning-tunnelling microscope mystery

Particle-physics lab insists cuts will not affect Large Hadron Collider

Model explains how these galactic monsters formed in the early universe

Meteorite hints at alternative beginning for the solar system

Researchers in Spain rapidly develop promising new nanotechnology

Contraction of the Moon's core creates geological surface features

Researchers locate individual particles in an optical lattice

Bird heart experiment brings optical pacemakers a step closer

New blood glucose sensor set to make finger-pricking a thing of the past

Particle theorist's work led to breakthroughs in weak force interactions

Optical effect that could lead to novel colour-changing surfaces

Dark energy missions among top priorities

High-temperature superconductor seems to thrive on its fractal structure