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Quantum effects seen in collisions of ultracold ions and atoms
Buffer gas cooling could lead to atom-ion Feshbach resonances
CT traces disease progression in novel coronavirus
Ongoing investigation characterizes the most common CT findings associated with 2019-nCoV and identifies possible markers of disease progression
Physicists place stringent limits on the neutron electric dipole moment
Researchers see no sign of charge imbalance in the neutron
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Precision scaffolds tailor biomaterials to promote wound healing
Box-shaped 3D tissue scaffolds cause human macrophages to switch into a pro-healing type, for use in biomaterial-based wound dressings
Magnetized molecules monitor breast cancers
A new hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI technique could identify the optimal treatment for individual breast cancer patients
Touch-responsive indium tin oxide is very thin and flexible
Normally brittle material can be rolled up like a tube
Tiny inorganic scintillator offers high-resolution radiotherapy dosimetry
With its minute sensitive volume, the new device achieves the high spatial resolution required for external and internal dosimetry in small-field radiotherapy
Classical time crystals could exist in nature, say physicists
Computer simulations show coupled oscillators behave as "activated time crystals"
Energy efficiency guides lotus leaf growth
Different shapes of lotus leaves grown on and above water are due to mechanical effects, not plant genetics
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