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Enter the 'thermopower wave'

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Borexino bags geoneutrinos

Neutrinos produced within Earth are detected in underground lab

Electrical signals transmitted via spin waves

Insulator-based 'spin wiring' could boost spintronics

Concerns raised over Institute of Physics climate submission

Institute faces criticism over its evidence to UK parliamentary inquiry on climate change

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