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CO2 laser enables long-range detection of radioactive material
Remote detection of radioactive material could play an important role in nuclear disaster response and nuclear security
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Earth’s core could contain lots of primordial helium, experiments suggest
Noble gas forms compounds with iron at extremely high pressures
Perovskite solar cells can be completely recycled
New finding could pave the way to a sustainable perovskite solar economy
Cat qubits open a faster track to fault-tolerant quantum computing
Amazon team claims its Ocelot chip could speed up development by 3‒5 years
Nanosensor predicts risk of complications in early pregnancy
A flower-shaped nanosensor detects biomarkers in the blood associated with the risk of gestational diabetes and other pregnancy complications
Curious consequence of special relativity observed for the first time in the lab
Real 3D objects appear rotated rather than contracted when moving at relativistic speeds
‘Phononic shield’ protects mantis shrimp from its own shock waves
Patterned armour-like structure filters out damaging frequencies, say researchers
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Kindred spirits at the Global Physics Summit exhibition
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Euclid mission spots 26 million galaxies in first batch of survey data
The dataset includes a catalogue of 380,000 galaxies that have been detected by artificial intelligence or citizen-science efforts
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‘Milestone’ as Square Kilometre Array Observatory releases its first low-frequency image of the cosmos
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How civil engineering is bringing quantum physics down to earth
Quantum-based gravity sensors have probed fundamental physics, and they could transform our understanding of what’s just under our feet
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Global Physics Summit: this week, Anaheim is the hub of world physics
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US science rues ongoing demotion of research under President Trump
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Joint APS meeting brings together the physics community
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Read article: NASA launches $488m megaphone-shaped SPHEREx observatory to map the universe
NASA launches $488m megaphone-shaped SPHEREx observatory to map the universe
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Preparing the next generation of US physicists for a quantum future
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Demonstrators march for science in New York City
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Physicists in Serbia begin strike action in support of student protests
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Read article: Seen a paper changed without notification? Study reveals the growing trend of ‘stealth corrections’
Seen a paper changed without notification? Study reveals the growing trend of ‘stealth corrections’
Researchers claim scientific integrity is threatened when post-publication changes are made without a public notice
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The complex and spatially heterogeneous nature of degradation in heavily cycled Li-ion cells
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Fermilab’s Anna Grassellino: eyeing the prize of quantum advantage
SQMS director Anna Grassellino talks to Physics World about the evolution of a unique multidisciplinary research hub for quantum science, technology and applications
Read article: Thirty years of the Square Kilometre Array: here’s what the world’s largest radio telescope project has achieved so far
Thirty years of the Square Kilometre Array: here’s what the world’s largest radio telescope project has achieved so far
The precursors to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope are already changing our view of the cosmos
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission achieves perfect lunar landing
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