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The twisted secret to snapping spaghetti strands into two

India could meet its Paris climate pledge

Energy emissions in 2030 may be double 2012 levels or less, thanks to low demand for electricity and faster transition to renewables

Charmed baryon puzzles particle physicists by living longer

Lifetime measurement by LHCb is four times longer than previous results

How to engineer topology in graphene nanoribbons

Varying the width of graphene ribbon creates 1D array of qubits

Reports from the Annual Meeting of the AAPM – the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Personalizing radiotherapy: the theragnostic approach

Theragnostic radiotherapy based on multiparametric MRI could provide personalized dose prescriptions tailored to individual tumours

AAPM showcases the ‘best in physics’

The "Best in Physics" session at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine highlights the conference's top-ranking studies

MedPhys Slam: fostering the art of communication

The AAPM Annual Meeting's MedPhys Slam aimed to advance the communication skills of junior medical physicists

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Research news

Humans cause wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds

Carbon ions treat early-stage breast cancer

Nanoreactor drives biocatalytic cascades

Modular system builds effective vaccines

A novel virus-like particle provides a promising new tool for developing vaccines

‘Inside out’ nebula points to ‘born again’ star

The Sun could also be reborn sometime in the distant future

Chambers in Egypt’s Great Pyramid concentrate radio waves

Computer simulations reveal electromagnetic properties of huge structure at Giza

Non-destructive test could monitor 3D bioprinting in real time

New approach measures cell viability in a printed tissue construct, without damaging the cells

Hothouse Earth could soon be unavoidable

Researchers say the world may be approaching a tipping point, followed by a dangerous slide towards Hothouse Earth, an overheated planet

How does SBRT impact tumour hypoxia?

Early investigations suggest that high single doses of radiation may elevate hypoxia in human lung tumours

Supercool physics

Experiments that probe the exotic behaviour of matter at ultralow temperatures depend on the latest cryogenics technology. This special collection explores the tools and techniques used at cryogenic temperatures, as well as some of the latest research in low-temperature physics

Physics World podcasts

What Hedy Lamarr and Abdus Salam have in common and why cuprates are getting stranger

Photo of Bruce Drinkwater in his ultrasound lab at the University of Bristol

Materials probed by ultrasound and a new trio of journals aim high

Satellite image of glaciers surrounding Baffin Bay

Seeking clarity on melting land ice

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Studying impossible systems with analogues

Vacuum, the enabling technology

IUVSTA president Lars Montelius speaks about the creative nature of science and how vacuum technologies help build a more sustainable society

A photo of students at the University of Bristol

Master’s programme offers fast-track to nuclear industry

Collaboration between disciplines, and between research and industry, is what defines an MSc in nuclear science and engineering at the University of Bristol, UK

Once a physicist: David Levey

David Levey is a recently ordained Buddhist monk at the Oxford Buddha Vihara, Oxford, UK. He has degrees in philosophy and physics

Designing space for scientific innovation

Architectural lab design can play a key role in pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge

THz technology: a new take on cancer imaging

How can terahertz imaging transition into an effective clinical tool for cancer diagnostics?

Tesla versus Edison: lessons from the AC/DC war

James McKenzie revisits the battle between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla over the best way to transmit electricity

Green power – the debate hots up

Opinions vary on the cheapest way to decarbonize heating but has a consensus emerged that renewables can supply the bulk of our power by 2050, and also heat and transport fuel?

Video showcase

A harbour porpoise photographed underwater

The curious case of the porpoises and the wind farm

Photo of David Smeulders from TU Eindhoven

Rethinking energy storage

New Orleans resident during a flood event

Testing the waters in New Orleans

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Estimating Lake Urmia’s recovery

Find out more in this video abstract from Environmental Research Letters (ERL)

What can science learn from the humanities?

Lincoln Carr argues for a more holistic approach to science

Studying impossible systems with analogues

Some experiments just can't be done, so scientists turn to analogues. Matthew Francis discusses how these simpler systems can be used to study the complex

Vacuum, the enabling technology

IUVSTA president Lars Montelius speaks about the creative nature of science and how vacuum technologies help build a more sustainable society

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will head seven times closer to our star than any other craft before

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe mission to ‘touch’ the Sun

Craft will fly seven times closer to the Sun’s surface than any previous mission

Astronomer picks music that is out of this world, cycling around the LHC, airborne basketball

Excerpts from the Red Folder

Master’s programme offers fast-track to nuclear industry

Collaboration between disciplines, and between research and industry, is what defines an MSc in nuclear science and engineering at the University of Bristol, UK

Could sunscreens harm fish embryos?

New analyses reveal that early life-stage zebrafish dislike multiple UV filter chemicals in high concentrations

Weaving socks that monitor your heart rate and shirts that talk to each other

LEDs and photodetectors integrated within woven fabrics

Illustration of stratospheric aerosols above Earth

Geoengineering may not help crop yield

Scattering of sunlight by stratospheric aerosols could cancel out yield benefit from temperature reduction, study finds

Once a physicist: David Levey

David Levey is a recently ordained Buddhist monk at the Oxford Buddha Vihara, Oxford, UK. He has degrees in philosophy and physics

Nanoprobe I14 Beamline Scientist Julia Parker in the experiment hutch

Diamond Light Source – where materials surrender their secrets

Join us for a video tour of the world's largest medium-energy synchrotron, as well as some of the world-class electron microscopy centres on site

The MAVEN mission, which was launched in 2013, was the last NASA craft to be sent to orbit Mars

NASA must reassess its Mars programme – or future missions could fail, report warns

US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that the loss of ageing infrastructure orbiting Mars could threaten future missions

Infrared sensor could help design better drugs

An infrared sensor that tracks conformational changes in proteins could help design more efficient drugs with less side effects

Tesla versus Edison: lessons from the AC/DC war

James McKenzie revisits the battle between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla over the best way to transmit electricity

MRI quantifies magnetic targeting of tumours

A novel MRI analysis method quantifies in vivo targeting of ultra-magnetic nanocarriers to tumours in mice

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT.nano, location: Boston MA, architect: Wilson Architects

Designing space for scientific innovation

Architectural lab design can play a key role in pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge

Green power – the debate hots up

Opinions vary on the cheapest way to decarbonize heating but has a consensus emerged that renewables can supply the bulk of our power by 2050, and also heat and transport fuel?

The business of space

Explore the latest trends and commercial opportunities associated with designing, building, launching and exploiting space-based technologies

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