Selfishness for the greater good revealed in optimization of group dynamics
Researchers model multibody interactions in communicating systems
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Ultrathin flexible solar cells get an efficiency boost
Devices made from transition metal dichalcogenides could be employed in self-powered wearables and sensors as well as drones
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Multimode optical fibres make a hair-thin 3D imaging system
New technique can scan a scene at nearly 23,000 points per second over depths of up to several metres and could have applications in medical imaging
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Long-range quantum entanglement measured at last
New work by two independent groups might aid the development of robust quantum memories
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Optical tweezers hold nanoparticles in superfluid helium
Technique could explore the intersection of quantum and classical physics
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Spiderweb structure inspires nanomechanical gravity sensor
Microchip-based resonator was designed using machine learning and works at room temperature
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Ultrafast cryo-arrest of living cells reveals biomolecular patterns with unprecedented resolution
Fluorescence microscopy technique enables observation of biomolecular patterns in their native state down to the nanometre scale, by rapidly cooling cells to –196 °C
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Hybrid device acts as both solar cell and battery
Researchers develop first photoelectric system that can convert light into charge and then store it
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Tiny transistor arrays record electrical activity inside heart cells
A 3D array of pop-up sensors can measure electrical signals within a single heart cell, as well as between multiple cells
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‘Strange history’ of photons challenges our understanding of quantum interactions
Surprising experiment reveals atoms can be excited by photons passing straight through a medium
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