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Are giant galaxy clusters defying standard cosmology?
Cluster known as El Gordo formed too soon to be explained by dark matter-based theories, astrophysicists claim
Painting with protons: treatment beams recreate works of art
Using protons to recreate renowned paintings as treatment plans, medical physicist Lee Xu demonstrates the remarkable capabilities of pencil-beam scanning proton therapy
Improved electrospray deposition technique could bring jab-free vaccinations
New approach coats microneedle arrays with biomaterials and bioactive compounds more efficiently than before
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Origami-inspired strain sensors could enhance disease diagnostics
Highly stretchable strain sensors could be implanted in the body to track joint movements or detect deformations in organs
Concussion monitoring headset identifies when it’s safe to return to play
A non-invasive digital headset helps determine when young athletes are safe to resume sports following a concussion
‘Alice rings’ spotted in a Bose–Einstein condensate
Laboratory experiment could shed light on cosmological questions
High-performance brain implants restore communication to those who cannot speak
Two advanced speech neuroprostheses decode brain activity into speech faster, more accurately and with a larger vocabulary than existing alternatives
Gravitational waves could reveal dark matter transforming neutron stars into black holes
Absence of mass gap in black-hole mergers could point to dark matter
Graphene ribbons advance twistronics
A new technique allows for much better control of twist angle and strain in layered two-dimensional materials
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Percentage of disabled physicists in the UK has halved in one year, finds survey
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Polarized dust reveals strong magnetic field of ancient galaxy
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Female PhD students miss out on chance to become inventors, finds study
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DNA scaffolds line up quantum rods
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Andromeda galaxy photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
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Strange metals reveal their secrets
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Earth-sized planet could be lurking at the edge of the solar system, simulations suggest
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