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Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces

Missing decay at BESIII points to long-sought glueball

Heavy particle could be dominated by gluons

Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale

Using a crystal as an atomic-scale interferometer enables direct visualization of local atomic arrangements

Research updates

Noise that entangles may accelerate the dawn of quantum technologies

Magnetism likely played a key role in early solar system formation

‘Lid’ of asteroid dust smothered and burned the dinosaurs, say scientists

Photo of Alexandria Johnson and Brandon Johnson in a laboratory. They're casually dressed and there are some model dinosaurs sitting on a lab bench next to them. There's a fume hood in the background.

Antineutrino detector could monitor spent nuclear fuel for clandestine activity

Sensitive new measurements suggest that monitoring can continue even when reactors are offline

Plasmonic metamaterial makes a photonic time crystal

New nanostructure could be used to make lasers that work in the terahertz frequency range

Two-dimensional material shows promise for long-term memory, thanks to slow electrons

A 2D magnetic material exhibits a charge-ordered state in which electrons move collectively and unusually slowly while maintaining quantum coherence

Breaking in: how ultrasound smuggles drugs past the blood–brain barrier

A creative spin on MRI technology measures the amount of drug delivered to a brain tumour

Sliding water droplets corrode Teflon-coated metal

Effect could damage outdoor equipment and monuments

Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy

A Monte Carlo-based 4D dose calculation framework assesses the uncertainties for realistic clinical treatments

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NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe

Launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

US orders universities to audit foreign research ties

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Researchers propose ‘economic Q’ metric for judging fusion power plant viability

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Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career

Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies

Robert P Crease attends a workshop bringing physicists and journalists together

Knowing through uncertainty: probability and the evolution of our cosmos

Chrysi Malouchou Kanellopoulou reviews The Random Universe: How Models and Probability Help us Make Sense of the Cosmos by Andrew H Jaffe

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With e-MERLIN facing the axe, what next for Jodrell Bank and UK astronomy?

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Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions

Photo of Katherine Hunt in front of a Gamma Knife facility

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Astronomers discover unusual 10-sided atmospheric wave on Saturn

Astronomers estimate the decagon-shaped wave may still be evolving

Image of a decagon atmospheric wave on Saturn

AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing

Subir Sarkar finds that AI was a hot topic among the over 800 delegates

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Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences but what is the definitive science play?

Chris Sinclair explores the plays that are bringing physics to new audiences

Isis Hainsworth on stage under interlocking rings and many small lights

No show again for mirror neutrons

For now, the existence of a mirror universe cannot be confirmed, say physicists at the PSI

PSI researchers Bernhard Lauss (left) and Géza Zsigmond

Quiz of the week: how will the new ‘AstroRad’ vest be of benefit to astronauts?

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3D render of testing the new vest inside the Orion spacecraft

Magnetic field first kills superconductor, then brings it back to life

“Re-entrant” superconductivity discovered in a 2D material for the first time

Earthquake fault irregularities control rupture speed and influence ground motion

New models show that high-speed rupture propagation produces stronger and longer-duration ground motion

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Encapsulated islet transplants restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice

A thin coating that hides transplanted donor cells from the body’s immune system could enable a novel therapy for type 1 diabetes

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X-ray camera catches spin waves in the act

Magnon microscope focuses on useful non-linear interactions

Illustration of magnon momentum microscopy

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