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Two-faced white dwarf star leaves astronomers puzzled
Merger of two stellar remnants could explain a peculiar split between the star’s helium- and hydrogen-covered hemispheres
New particle accelerator is driven by curved laser beams
Technique could make it easier to create multi-stage laser wakefield systems
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Life in space impacts human brain structure
New findings on how spaceflight experience impacts an astronaut’s brain could help define guidelines for future space missions
Electron ‘kick’ removes single atoms from 2D material
Desirable defects known as nitrogen vacancies could be created in hexagonal boron nitride using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy
Fractional quantum Hall state appears in ultracold atoms
Strongly interacting Laughlin state had previously only been observed in condensed-matter systems and in photons
Squid-inspired material controls the transmission of light, heat and microwaves
Elastomer could be used in energy-efficient buildings
Wearable coil vest could change the game in breast MRI
A flexible breast coil array that can be worn like a sports bra could improve patient comfort and enable more time-efficient breast MRI
Sound is manipulated for quantum information processing
Experiment opens the possibility of mixing superconducting and phononic qubits
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