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Molecule in a Cage

8 January 2009
A hydrogen molecule trapped in a carbon cage is restricted to discrete energies of linear and rotational motion, an unusually clean demonstration of the wave nature of molecules.
article link PRL (9 January 2009)
H molecule in buckyball

One-Way Waves

22 December 2008
With an array of water-activated levers, researchers demonstrate the first mechanical medium where waves travel in only one direction.
article link PRE (December 2008)
article link videos
water-coupled levers

Light Bends Glass

10 December 2008
An experiment showing that an optical fiber recoils as light exits it addresses a century-old controversy over the momentum of light in transparent materials.
article link PRL (12 December 2008)
article link videos
bending optical fiber

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