Female astronomers through the ages, science-inspired phone cases and the return of the incandescent light bulb
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Excerpts from the Red Folder
Tunable layers shield brain from shear forces
Read article: New helmet material could protect against glancing blows
Two independent groups reach a milestone in ion-based quantum computing
Read article: Physicists take entanglement beyond identical ions
Collaboration quashes rumours of a discovery
Excerpts from the Red Folder
A festive Red Folder with best wishes for 2016
D-Wave chip outperforms classical algorithm by a factor of 100 million
Spacecraft "is in good health", says Japanese space agency
Read article: Akatsuki space mission reaches Venus after five-year detour
Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment
Read article: Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears
Excerpts from the Red Folder