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Palladium oxides could make better superconductors
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A “digital bridge” between the brain and spinal cord helped an individual with paralysis to stand and walk naturally
Surface plasmon polaritons launched by nano-emitters are imaged in the near field
Tip-enhanced nanospectroscopy reveals quasiparticle standing waves
Award winning studies focus on reducing radiotherapy risks
Studies on toxicity modelling, HDR brachytherapy and AI-based lung disease screening were among those chosen as the Best Papers at the ESTRO 2023 congress
Transparency window appears in an ensemble of ions
"Collectively induced transparency" in an optical cavity has applications in quantum optical technologies
Microwave photons are entangled with optical photons
New scheme could improve superconductor-based quantum computers
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