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Excerpts from the Red Folder
A new experimental platform combines functional MRI with calcium-sensitive photometry to study large-scale brain networks in rats
New models could help put Einstein’s general relativity to the test
Quantum "turnout" device has a switching speed four to five orders of magnitude faster than that of current solid-state transistors
Errors can be reduced by increasing number of qubits
New demonstration of unusual phenomenon could help improve wireless communication
High-precision X-ray crystallography measurements examine how a photopharmacological drug binds to and releases from protein molecules
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein describes efforts to create a bibliography of papers by Black women in physics
Ian Randall reviews The First City on Mars: an Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet by Justin Hollander
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Pradeep Niroula reports from the 2023 APS March Meeting
Hübner Photonics introduces the company's C-WAVE product family of tunable and laser light sources
The rapid rise of transformative agreements between publishers and research consortia is providing extra impetus to the Electrochemical Society's long-standing ambition to "Free the Science"
Physicist Michael Robertson has worked in optical communications for over 40 years. Anita Chandran talks to him about his pioneering career
With multiple spaceports planned across the UK, the nation’s capacity for launching satellites is set to take off
Nicole Bell is a dark-matter physicist and the new president of the Australian Institute of Physics
Imaging cerebral oxygenation during radiotherapy with functional near-infrared spectroscopy provides a step toward personalized cancer treatments
Nicola Fox takes over from Thomas Zurbuchen as NASA’s associate administrator for the space agency's science mission directorate
Optical effect could reveal pollutants in water
Memories fade into noise to make room for new information
A perceived lack of urgency from the UK government over joining the Horizon Europe programme is causing concern
Join the audience for a live webinar on 19 April 2023 sponsored by BioLogic and TA Instruments – Waters, in partnership with The Electrochemical Society
MRI-guided brachytherapy optimizes dose distributions in treatments of locally advanced cervical cancer
By reducing the contribution of other noises, researchers have achieved a record displacement sensitivity in laser interferometry
A novel hydrogel combined with transplanted neural stem cells could provide therapeutic brain tissue reconstruction
BCS equations for superconductivity need to be modified for materials that have very slow-moving charges
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A live webinar on 28 March 2023 exploring the PHASER technology platform being developed for clinical FLASH radiotherapy, as part of our Focus on FLASH technology week
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This workshop from 27–30 March 2023 in Marseille, France, will cover the latest technical advances and potential clinical applications in x-nuclei imaging (i.e., there is more to MRI than hydrogen, 1H) using 23Na (sodium) as an example.