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Climate physicist Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo elected Mexican president in landslide win
With a background in climate science, Scheinbaum Pardo also becomes Mexico’s first female president
Simple equation predicts how quickly animals flap their wings
Relationship between mass, wing area and wingbeat frequency holds true for insects, bats, birds, whales and even a flapping robot
Research updates
MRI technique detects light-emitting molecules deep inside the brain
New method circumvents limitations of optical imaging by making blood vessels sensitive to light from luminescent labelling proteins
Laser-driven accelerator benefits from clever use of light pulses
Protons were driven to 150 MeV, 50% higher than previous record
‘Cavendish-like’ experiment could reveal gravity’s quantum nature
Proposed set-up might help reconcile gravity with quantum descriptions of other fundamental forces
Simulations point to the existence of a charming and beautiful tetraquark
Exotic particle could be discovered in future experiments
Are dusty quasars masquerading as Dyson sphere candidates?
Seven M-dwarfs recently identified as possible Dyson sphere candidates could be a case of mistaken identity
Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s
Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago
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Embracing Neurodiversity in Research: How does academic publishing need to change?
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Read article: Scientists identify a ‘sugar world’ beyond Neptune
Scientists identify a ‘sugar world’ beyond Neptune
The surface of a Kuiper Belt object called Arrokoth is rich in glucose, ribose and other sweet molecules
Read article: Ask me anything: Daniel Hook – ‘The skills I learned as a researcher are applicable and helpful in any walk of life’
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Blurred tomography fabricates custom microlenses with optically smooth surfaces
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Ion therapy, mass spectrometry and the origins of life: Lily Ellis-Gibbings shares her passion for creating novel instrumentation
Lily Ellis-Gibbings from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) discusses her varied career in instrumentation
Read article: Quantum error correction produces better ‘magic’ states
Quantum error correction produces better ‘magic’ states
Proof-of-concept demonstration yields encoded magic states that are robust against any single-qubit error
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Boson sampler uses atoms rather than photons
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3D printing creates personalized pharmaceuticals
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The ORCA-Quest quantitative CMOS camera: a core building block for quantum systems
The ORCA-Quest scientific camera from Hamamatsu Photonics is opening up cutting-edge applications in quantum computing
Read article: Wild songbirds respond to mathematically synthesized song
Wild songbirds respond to mathematically synthesized song
Mathematical model could provide a valuable tool for investigating a wide range of biological questions
Read article: ‘Hidden’ citations conceal the true impact of scientific research
‘Hidden’ citations conceal the true impact of scientific research
Study finds that “foundational” work is often not properly cited, skewing its true impact
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A passion for building instrumentation, and a hint of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
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Read article: Bruno Touschek: the physicist who escaped the Nazi Holocaust to build particle colliders
Bruno Touschek: the physicist who escaped the Nazi Holocaust to build particle colliders
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Read article: European Space Agency releases first batch of spectacular science images from its Euclid mission
European Space Agency releases first batch of spectacular science images from its Euclid mission
The five images reveal galaxies, globular clusters and nebulae in incredible detail
Read article: Stellar magnetic fields may give doomed exoplanets a temporary reprieve
Stellar magnetic fields may give doomed exoplanets a temporary reprieve
Proposed mechanism could explain why the orbits of some "hot Jupiters" decay slower than expected
Read article: Quantum entanglement expands to city-sized networks
Quantum entanglement expands to city-sized networks
Independent demonstrations by teams in China, Europe and the US bring a quantum Internet closer
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JWST data reveal interior structure of puffy exoplanet
Two independent teams have analysed spectral data from the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the exoplanet WASP-107 b
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