The twisted secret to snapping spaghetti strands into two
Mathematicians work out how to break noodles in two at long last
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Diamond Light Source – where materials surrender their secrets
Join us for a video tour of the world's largest medium-energy synchrotron, as well as some of the world-class electron microscopy centres on site
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Machines learn how to predict bioconcentrations
Neural networks bridge the gap between input data to determine the complex physical-chemical properties of organic molecules
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Theory and simulations reveal why propagating cracks sometimes repel each other
Curious hook-like patterns explained by theoretical and numerical models
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New knit theory could help make smart self-folding materials
Model describes how individual stiches in a knitted fabric behave when stretched
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Tool tracks nanoscale clusters in cells
Statistical algorithm allows tracking of molecular nanocluster dynamics that were too fast for previous techniques to follow
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Water proves to be electrically dead at interfaces
The first ever measurements of the dielectric constant of confined water reveal far lower values than previously expected.
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Hybrid waveguide chip makes biomaterial imaging more accessible
Low-cost microfabrication of a new waveguide chip brings evanescent light microscopy to conventional light microscopes
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Computers ‘learn’ how nanoparticles scatter light
Researchers use machine learning to solve inverse problems that identify the nanostructures responsible for scattering spectra
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Getting the measure of measurement
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Anna Demming speaks to metrology experts at the UK's National Physical Laboratory
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