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China successfully lands Zhurong rover on Mars
China becomes the second country after the US to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the red planet
FLASH radiotherapy: oxygen depletion is not the sole cause
Irradiation experiments suggest that oxygen depletion alone is not a suitable mechanism to explain the FLASH effect
Direct image of an electron orbit in an exciton is a first, say researchers
Laser pulses and electron microscope used to track electrons in a 2D semiconductor
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Using breath to detect lung cancer
Researchers in China combine breath tests, mass spectrometry and a support vector machine to detect lung cancer
General relativity passes crucial neutron-star test
Einstein’s theory emerges unscathed once again
Spectroscopy technique gets X-ray vision
New method allows for material imaging at the atomic scale
AI-powered platform analyses blood vessel abnormalities
An artificial intelligence velocimetry framework combined with a microfluidic chip quantifies blood flow characteristics to help understand vascular disease
Quantum bits make artificial spiking neurons
Researchers use biologically inspired system to classify entangled quantum states
Tiny sensor monitors organ oxygenation deep inside the body
Wireless implant could non-invasively measure a transplanted organ’s oxygen level, enabling early detection of dysfunction
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