Fluttering polymer ribbons harvest electrical energy
Prototype “B-TENG” device powers 100 LEDs
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Positronium formed during PET scans could detect hypoxic tumours
Using PET scans to detect oxygen concentration in tumours may lead to more effective cancer treatments
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Nanocrystals could drive explosive volcanic eruptions
Small concentrations of tiny nanolites can have deadly consequences
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Physicists place fresh limits on gravity’s role in wavefunction collapse
Dedicated underground experiments set new constraints on the Diósi–Penrose model of curvature-induced collapse
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Fundamental constants set upper limit for the speed of sound
Simple yet “eye-catching” formula agrees with experimental results
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Virtual imaging trials aim to optimize COVID-19 screening
Human anatomical models with simulated coronavirus lung pathologies have could optimize CT and radiography acquisitions to effectively screen and manage COVID-19 patients
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Physicists pin down deuteron mass
Penning trap enables the most precise measurement ever of the mass of a deuterium nucleus
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Black hole’s shadow boosts Einstein’s general theory of relativity
Event Horizon Telescope image tests theory in the strongest gravitational field yet
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Triplet control prevents ‘lasing death’ in perovskite lasers
Suppressing long-lived triplet excitons enables devices made from quasi-2D organic–inorganic material to continue lasing for over an hour
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Nanodiamond quantum thermometer measures the temperature of worms
New quantum thermometer makes use of nitrogen-vacancy centres to sense fever in tiny C. elegans worms
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