Physics World Weekender: Halloween physics
Curiouser and curiouser: delving into quantum Cheshire cats
Iulia Georgescu tumbles down the rabbit-hole to explore the curiosity that is a quantum Cheshire cat
Zombies in the machine
Horror film shot by students at CERN
Research updates
New protocol makes an elusive superconducting signature measurable
Physicists have designed a protocol to study high-temperature superconductivity on an experimentally realizable platform
Randomly textured lithium niobate gives snapshot spectrometer a boost
Compact system outperforms astronomical spectrometers
Tumour-specific radiofrequency fields suppress brain cancer growth
Low-level radiofrequency therapy inhibited the growth of glioblastoma cells and demonstrated clinical benefit in a patient with brain cancer
Entangled light leads to quantum advantage
Number of measurements required to learn about the behaviour of a complex, noisy quantum system reduced by a factor of 1011
Fingerprint method can detect objects hidden in complex scattering media
Novel imaging technique can find objects buried within in opaque environments, including biological tissues
New adaptive optics technology boosts the power of gravitational wave detectors
FROnt Surface Type Irradiator, or FROSTI, will allow future detectors to run at higher laser powers, reducing noise and expanding capabilities
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How to solve the ‘future of physics’ problem
Neil Downie believes that students need more support to devise, build and test their own projects
Jesper Grimstrup’s The Ant Mill: could his anti-string-theory rant do string theorists a favour?
Robert P Crease examines a new example of “rant lit” from Danish theorist Jesper Grimstrup
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Read article: Precision sensing experiment manipulates Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
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