Twisted light gains angular momentum through ‘self-torque’
New optical effect could manipulate molecules and nanostructures
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New optical effect could manipulate molecules and nanostructures
Read article: Twisted light gains angular momentum through ‘self-torque’
If you’re not able to see the eclipse next week, find out where and when you need to be to experience totality in the next 10 years
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Look far enough ahead and in a millennium an ice-free Greenland is a possibility, scientists say. Sea levels too will be a lot higher by then
Read article: Ice-free Greenland possible in 1000 years
Photons emitted when charged particles interact with tissue show beam energy and residual range, revealing how deeply dose is delivered during particle therapy
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NASA's Dragonfly mission and "technosignatures" of alien civilizations are hot topics at AbSciCon 2019
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Report says that detecting asteroids with thermal infrared radiation would allow for a much better determination of their diameters than optical methods
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Physics teachers Manuela Ramos Marques da Silva and Pedro Sidónio Pereira da Silva debate the pros and cons of teaching via videos, instead of more traditional methods
Read article: Video versus the blackboard
Rydberg atoms make multitrack recordings of guitar improvisations
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US plans to relax rules could bring extra 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
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Giant telescope wins a formal "notice to proceed" but protesters warn they will not back down
Read article: Protest-hit Thirty Meter Telescope receives construction go-ahead in Hawaii