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Isabelle Dumé

Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She has an MSc in advanced materials and a PhD in magnetism. In her spare time, she helps to organize cafés scientifiques.

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An orange-coloured worm on the ground with a trail of silvery slime coming out of it

Worm slime could inspire recyclable polymer design

Previously unknown protein-based feature in slime allows it to transform from liquid to fibre and back again

A series of images showing droplets of orange liquid separating and splitting on a grey background

Sound waves control droplet movement in microfluidic processor

Device could be transformative in biology, chemistry and lab-on-a-chip applications

Diagram showing a ball-and-stick model of molecules with protons (H atoms) moving in the same direction as electrons (represented by blue arrows) and a chiral phonon (represented by a corkscrew-like line) being emitted.

Quantum physics guides proton motion in biological systems

A central mechanism behind information transfer in living cells depends on the transfer of electrons with a specific spin

Six people stand side-by-side in a laboratory in front of a large device that resembles a 5-foot-tall refrigerator with microscope equipment inside the top drawer

Laboratory-scale three-dimensional X-ray diffraction makes its debut

New device could make the technology accessible outside national and international synchrotron facilities

Diagram of an electronic device in different colours showing interlocking elements

Ancient woodworking technique inspires improved memristor

Mortise-and-tenon structure makes for fast, highly uniform switching

A person holding a small transparent circular-shaped object on their finger near their eye

New contact lenses allow wearers to see in the near-infrared

Devices use upconverting nanoparticles to make normally invisible radiation perceptible to humans even with their eyes closed

A tripod-shaped structure in a beige-coloured landscape with a snow-streaked, pointy mountain in the bacground

‘Zombie’ volcano reveals its secrets

First high-resolution images of Bolivia's Uturuncu volcano show it is likely to remain active without actually erupting

Photo of a metre-long measure made from marble and embedded in the stone wall of a building in Paris. A small plaque to the left of the metre is inscribed with the words "Metre Etalon" and describes its history in French.

The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration

Physics World corresponding editor Isabelle Dumé reports from a Paris symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention

Greyscale microscope image showing the flow pattern created by the moving cilia. The cilia appear as black finger-like objects sticking out of a surface on the left of the image, and the fluid swirls around them in big whorls

Ultrasound-activated structures clear biofilms from medical implants

Bioinspired technology could extend the safe lifespan of stents, catheters and other devices

Photo of the BASE-STEP system being transported by overhead crane through the experimental hall of the Antimatter Factory at CERN. The system is an irregularly-shaped gray box and it's suspended from a large, bright yellow crane below the hall ceiling. A hard-hatted physicist, Marcel Leonhardt, looks on while holding a tablet displaying a dashboard of parameters.

Protons take to the road

Antiprotons could be next after CERN scientists demonstrate transport of trapped particles on a truck

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Isabelle Dumé

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Worm slime could inspire recyclable polymer design

Sound waves control droplet movement in microfluidic processor

Quantum physics guides proton motion in biological systems

Laboratory-scale three-dimensional X-ray diffraction makes its debut

Ancient woodworking technique inspires improved memristor

New contact lenses allow wearers to see in the near-infrared

‘Zombie’ volcano reveals its secrets

The evolution of the metre: How a product of the French Revolution became a mainstay of worldwide scientific collaboration

Ultrasound-activated structures clear biofilms from medical implants

Protons take to the road

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