Electrons ‘surf’ on Alfvén waves in plasma-chamber experiments
Research explains how aurora-creating particles are accelerated
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Nanoscale clock hints at universal limits to measuring time
Experiment shows that classical clocks exhibit the same relationship between entropy and accuracy as their quantum counterparts
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Caution needed when testing Einstein’s general relativity using gravitational waves
Future signs of new physics might just be accumulated errors, physicists warn
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Light cages could give quantum-information networks a boost
Device couples light to atoms in a vapour
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Ultrasonic probe promises stiffness-based disease diagnostics
A novel phonon probe can simultaneously measure 3D spatial and mechanical information from microscopic objects in hard-to-reach parts of the body
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Novel brachytherapy device treats eye cancer with intensity-modulated radiation
A brachytherapy eye plaque with gold shielding delivers conformal radiation to ocular tumours
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Has Betelgeuse’s ‘Great Dimming’ finally been explained?
Cold spot and condensing gas cloud reduced light from nearby red supergiant, say astronomers
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‘Talking’ quantum dots could be used as qubits
Computer model simulates how interactions extend exciton lifetimes
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Personalized 3D-printed shields protect healthy tissue during radiotherapy
Patient-specific shielding based on CT images can reduce dose to healthy tissue during radiotherapy
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Quantum microscope uses entanglement to reveal biological structures
Squeezed-amplitude light reduces shot noise in laser
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