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‘Ultrasound drill’ and nanodroplets break apart blood clots
Lab-based experiment could lead to a new treatment for deep vein thrombosis
Nanotubes show their true colours
Single-wall carbon materials come in no fewer than 466 different hues – a finding that could benefit electrochromic displays and solar panels
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Focused ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson’s disease
Randomized trial shows that focused ultrasound can improve motor symptoms in patients with asymmetric Parkinson’s disease
Dark-coated Starlink satellites are better but not perfect, say astronomers
Anti-reflection coating is “good” at mitigating ultraviolet and optical wavelengths, but infrared observations remain impaired
Quantum effect creates ‘multi-lane highway’ for electrons
Layered topological insulator has tuneable Chern number
Portable NMR sensor could help prevent liver failure
A compact sensor that non-invasively measures fat accumulation in the liver could enable early diagnosis of chronic liver disease
Have pulsars provided a glimpse of gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes?
More than a decade of observations suggests that something is affecting pulsar timings
Nanospindles enhance ultrasound destruction of tumours
A new sonosensitizer based on vanadium-doped titanium dioxide enhances the tumour-killing effects of sonodynamic therapy
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CERN’s new era for calorimeters
Dave Barney explains how the new calorimeter for CERN’s CMS experiment will be pivotal to the success of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
Why free will is beyond physics
Philip Ball argues that “free will” is not ruled out by physics – because it doesn’t stem from physics in the first place
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