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Read article: Satellites barely evade collision, stars are born in Van Gogh’s work, and scientists experiment with limoncello
Celebrating a Twitter project that links all the elements in the periodic table with anecdotes about their histories, uses and properties, in honour of the International Year of the Periodic Table
Read article: Tales of the 118 elements
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Read article: Explore exoplanets through multimedia tours, astronomy outreach through vibrations, and a professor gains knighthood
Four of the six finalists in the Start-Up Challenge at Photonics West are pioneering light-based solutions for improved diagnosis and treatment
Read article: Photonics startups rise to the healthcare challenge
A frequency-modulated lidar system can detect the velocity of pedestrians and vehicles as well as their location
Read article: Doppler effect lights up future of self-driving cars
A market evaluation by technology strategy company Tematys suggests that the quantum optics industry will be worth €1bn by 2028
Read article: Mapping out the market for quantum technologies
Performance and manufacturing improvements will be crucial to drive scalability in Facebook’s growing network of data centres
Read article: Facebook sets challenge for future photonic chips
One of the flagship events at the BIOS conference highlights the innovations in biophotonics that are making a real difference in the clinic
Read article: Biomedical optics in the spotlight
Explore the history of the periodic table, the mysteries of 'Oumuamua and materials that can structure vehicles and power them too
Read article: Chemical celebration: the February 2019 issue of Physics World marks 150 years of the periodic table
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Read article: A robot plays Jenga, physics enters the graphic novel, and London hosts a chemistry festival
