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Tiny biodegradable stars enhance drug delivery to the skin
Microneedle-coated polymer particles rubbed onto the skin increase the delivery of medication by up to 37-fold
Metasurface optical device boosts nonlinear frequency conversion
Nanostructured device efficiently transforms light into different frequencies – including those at technologically important near-infrared wavelengths
Fast 3D imaging reveals how seizures move through the brain
A high-speed, 3D light-sheet microscope allows researchers to record seizure dynamics in larval zebrafish
‘Vacuumtronics’ could help make better superconductors
Vacuum fluctuations could be a non-invasive way to tune superconductivity
Could quantum information theory explain universe evolution?
Gravity from entropy theory offer hints of why low-entropy regions persist in the universe
A hybrid energy system for heating, cooling and generating electricity
New concept exploits both the heat of the Sun and the coldness of outer space
Mercury may not need an ancient dynamo to explain its magnetic crust
New analyses of MESSENGER data find that present-day magnetic field can explain most of its crustal magnetism
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Non-reciprocal interactions keep particles in collective motion
New finding could help create active matter with a structure that continuously reorganizes itself
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How far ahead can we predict the weather?
New work on predictability limits suggests that around 129 days is probably the maximum limit
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Skyrmion topology makes long-distance optical communications more robust
New work will help advance the development of more reliable free-space networks
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Bilayer approach ramps performance of all-perovskite triple-junction solar cells
A novel graphene oxide bilayer pushes triple-junction perovskite solar cells to a milestone 27.3% efficiency with unprecedented operational longevity
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Cling film helps stamp two-dimensional materials onto patterned surfaces
An unexpected material comes to the rescue of 2D material transfer
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Missing decay at BESIII points to long-sought glueball
Heavy particle could be dominated by gluons
Read article: Missing decay at BESIII points to long-sought glueball
Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale
Using a crystal as an atomic-scale interferometer enables direct visualization of local atomic arrangements
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Noise that entangles may accelerate the dawn of quantum technologies
Two superconducting qubits, a metre of cable apart, have been driven into an entangled state not in spite of their environment, but by it
Read article: Noise that entangles may accelerate the dawn of quantum technologies
Magnetism likely played a key role in early solar system formation
Study of inclusions in a primordial meteorite suggests that magnetism must be considered in simulations of planet formation, and may even be the dominant factor
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‘Lid’ of asteroid dust smothered and burned the dinosaurs, say scientists
Heat and fire may have caused the mass extinction of Cretaceous creatures
Read article: ‘Lid’ of asteroid dust smothered and burned the dinosaurs, say scientists
Antineutrino detector could monitor spent nuclear fuel for clandestine activity
Sensitive new measurements suggest that monitoring can continue even when reactors are offline
Read article: Antineutrino detector could monitor spent nuclear fuel for clandestine activity
Plasmonic metamaterial makes a photonic time crystal
New nanostructure could be used to make lasers that work in the terahertz frequency range
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