Prototype detector uses cosmic muons to scan shipping containers
Technique can find dense materials such as plutonium and uranium
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Air purifiers could spread viruses in confined spaces
Health and safety guidelines should be revised to consider the effects of air purifiers on droplets in confined spaces, say researchers
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Polymer gels snap and jump on their own
Shell-shaped structures use a pressure-based mechanism to climb ladders and slopes without motors or batteries
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ExoMars craft finds hydrogen chloride in the Martian atmosphere
Compound may be associated with dust storms or volcanic activity on the red planet’s surface
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Twisted trilayer graphene could help make high-temperature superconductors
Superconductivity is more robust in a three-layer system compared to its two-layer counterpart
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Monochromatic X-ray source could make mammograms safer
A prototype monochromatic X-ray source creates high-quality breast images at far lower doses than current mammography systems
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There is no magic in having 32 neutrons, reveals study done at CERN
Contradictory results continue to puzzle nuclear physicists
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Could gravitational-wave detectors spot hairy black holes?
Dark matter could put wigs on black holes
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Living bioink could enhance bone repair and regeneration
A bioink containing both organic and inorganic elements of bone and laden with stem cells could improve treatments of injured or diseased bone
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Quantum gate teleportation connects atomic qubits in two labs
Distributed system sends flying qubits 60 m along optical fibre
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