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Hotter temperatures reduce food and traffic regulation

Beating Braess’ paradox to prevent instability in electrical power grids

Secondary control could prevent disruption caused by adding new transmission lines

Organic solar cells break new efficiency record

Solution-processed tandem devices boast PCEs of over 17%

Normalizing tumour blood vessels improves chemotherapy

Modifying a native protein can boost chemotherapy of tumours, while negating unwanted side effects

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

Ion-beam CT improves particle therapy planning

Proton, helium-ion and carbon-ion CT could mitigate range uncertainties in particle therapy planning

Personalizing radiotherapy: the theragnostic approach

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

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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Activating retinal stem cells restores vision in mice

The twisted secret to snapping spaghetti strands into two

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India could meet its Paris climate pledge

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

Humans cause wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds

Timings mean lightning strikes are not to blame in southern California, study finds

Carbon ions treat early-stage breast cancer

Both passive and scanning carbon-ion radiotherapy methods are suitable for treating early-stage breast cancer

Nanoreactor drives biocatalytic cascades

MOF structures could find use in a variety of biotechnological applications, such as new and efficient solar energy conversion systems

Modular system builds effective vaccines

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

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

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Physics communication, a MedPhys Slam and the future of high-energy physics

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

Satellite image of glaciers surrounding Baffin Bay

Seeking clarity on melting land ice

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Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems

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

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Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem

With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage

Abdus Salam back in the spotlight

Matin Durrani finds much to admire in Salam: the First ****** Nobel Laureate – a new biopic directed by Anand Kamalakar

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

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

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

Video showcase

A harbour porpoise photographed underwater

The curious case of the porpoises and the wind farm

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Rethinking energy storage

New Orleans resident during a flood event

Testing the waters in New Orleans

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European quantum-technologies roadmap is updated by leading physicists

Rob Thew of the University of Geneva explains why a coherent vision is needed

Diamond Light Source – when a tool becomes a gem

With an X-ray source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, Diamond Light Source sheds light on materials conundrums from art conservation and ice-cream to data storage

Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems

How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercially challenges in materials science

Composite photo depicting energy generation

How do oil companies see the energy future?

Fossil fuels may be with us for some time, while opinions vary on the outlook for renewables

Abdus Salam back in the spotlight

Matin Durrani finds much to admire in Salam: the First ****** Nobel Laureate – a new biopic directed by Anand Kamalakar

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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

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

The Sun could also be reborn sometime in the distant future

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

Excerpts from the Red Folder

Chambers in Egypt’s Great Pyramid concentrate radio waves

Computer simulations reveal electromagnetic properties of huge structure at Giza

Bioprinted construct containing adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells

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

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

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

Photo of downtown San Francisco under a pall of wildfire smoke in 2008.

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

Could sunscreens harm fish embryos?

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

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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