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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.

Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

John Pendry is known for creating an invisibility cloak. Twenty years on, he has used the same principles to fashion an even more powerful kind of metamaterial that can teach us about the wild frontiers of physics

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Physics

How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end

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Physics

Physics of light and magnetism rewritten after almost two centuries

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Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

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A bright star emitting streaks of light that curve outwards as the star moves across the night sky

Space

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

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Physics

Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?

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Health

Nighttime light exposure linked to heart disease in largest study yet

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Physics

Light has been transformed into a ‘supersolid’ for the first time

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Technology

How PsiQuantum plans to build world’s largest quantum computer by 2027

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Technology

AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data

A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can passively harness light to perform AI computations, dramatically reducing the amount of energy and computing power required

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Technology

New device can scan your face in 3D from hundreds of metres away

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Physics

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre precision

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Physics

Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow

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Physics

Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners

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