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For those who can't read what it says on the trophy (i.e. everyone): "Royal College of Science Union, Science Challenge 2011, Imperial College Physics Prize, Kelly Oakes". Basically, I won a thing.

In this month's special issue of Physics World, which examines the science and applications of invisibility, Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler of Imperial College London describe a new type of invisibility cloak that does not just hide objects – but events.

Scientists at Imperial College London have made the most accurate measurement yet of the shape of the humble electron, finding that it is almost a perfect sphere, in a study published in the journal Nature today.