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Fast fabrication method brings modular microfluidics to life
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Squeezed light boosts the search for dark matter axions
Technique speeds up data analysis by a factor of two
Tracking traffic patterns in the mouse brain
Researchers in the US have created the largest collection of electrical recordings from neurons in the mouse brain to investigate how mice perceive the visual world
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Light-induced lattice vibrations could speed up data recording
New optical "shaking" technique switches an antiferromagnetic material into a ferromagnetic one in just a few picoseconds
COVID-19 leads to major overhaul for radiotherapy
Increased use of hypofractionated radiotherapy helped cancer patients in England receive radiation therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Multiplying light signals could give optical computers a boost
New coupling scheme preserves phase of output state
Iridium in undersea crater confirms asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
Rock cores from Chicxulub crater contain elements associated with Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Quantum computer captures physics of high-energy particles
Proof-of-principle effort used IBM Q chip to reproduce quantum features of parton showers
3D printing perovskites onto graphene creates ultrasensitive X-ray detector
Perovskites 3D printed on graphene create a highly efficient X-ray detector that could considerably improve the performance of medical imaging devices
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Chemo-mechanics of preventing dendrite penetration in Li metal cells
Join the audience for a live webinar on 24 March 2021 sponsored by The Electrochemical Society
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘I took inspiration from the healthcare sector and brought in a therapist for my lab’
Physics in the pandemic: ‘I took inspiration from the healthcare sector and brought in a therapist for my lab’
Andrea Armani describes how setting up weekly sessions with an external mental health expert has helped her students cope in a radically altered research environment
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Digital forum focuses on photonics
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Steven Hall reflects on the challenges for learned-society publishers
Stepping down after more than a decade as boss of IOP Publishing, Steven Hall talks to Matin Durrani about the challenges for scientific publishing
Read article: Archaeomagnetism, DNA materials and cosmic questions: the March 2021 issue of Physics World is now out
Archaeomagnetism, DNA materials and cosmic questions: the March 2021 issue of Physics World is now out
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Read article: A new approach to Hall measurement
A new approach to Hall measurement
Innovative Hall measurement technique delivers faster, more accurate results with the M91 FastHall measurement controller from Lake Shore Cryotronics
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Logan Chipkin looks at what lessons we can learn from the 1920 “Great Debate” about the scale of the universe
Read article: Ten years after Fukushima: could new fuels make nuclear power safer?
Ten years after Fukushima: could new fuels make nuclear power safer?
Michael Allen investigates claims from academia and industry that the next generation of nuclear fuels could reduce the risk of accidents
Read article: Positrons possess unexplored potential for cancer therapy
Positrons possess unexplored potential for cancer therapy
Positron-emitting radionuclides play an essential role within diagnostic imaging, but positrons could also be used to destroy cancer cells
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New superheavy isotope and excited state could point the way to islands of stability
Darmstadtium, copernicium and flerovium are under the microscope in Germany
Read article: Prototype detector uses cosmic muons to scan shipping containers
Prototype detector uses cosmic muons to scan shipping containers
Technique can find dense materials such as plutonium and uranium
Read article: Real-time treatment verification with the Integral Quality Monitor (IQM) System
Real-time treatment verification with the Integral Quality Monitor (IQM) System
Join the audience for a live webinar on 26 March 2021 sponsored by Elekta
Read article: A million years into the future: why you need a dose of very deep thinking
A million years into the future: why you need a dose of very deep thinking
Robert P Crease discovers why a nuclear-waste programme in Finland can help us to envisage the world a million years from now
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Air purifiers could spread viruses in confined spaces
Health and safety guidelines should be revised to consider the effects of air purifiers on droplets in confined spaces, say researchers
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Polymer gels snap and jump on their own
Shell-shaped structures use a pressure-based mechanism to climb ladders and slopes without motors or batteries
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