Laser-driven shock waves recreate deep-Earth environment
X-ray diffraction technique could also shed light on conditions within “super-Earth” exoplanets
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Twin Airy beams image tiny particles flowing in the bloodstream of live fish
New technique boosts depth range for tracking single molecules
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3D printed brain model shows potential for drug testing
Bioprinted brain-like tissue constructs that stay viable for more than a month offer a good platform for neurological drug testing
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Colliding galaxies created the solar system, say astronomers
Sun was born when the Sagittarius galaxy passed through the Milky Way
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Hydrogel helps make self-cooling solar panels
New technology could be an environmentally friendly way to cool down photovoltaics and other devices
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Nonlinear integrated photonics speeds up coherent lidar
EPFL researchers use nonlinear photonic circuits to improve lidar, a technique for mapping distances using reflected laser light
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Supercurrent goes to the edge
“Topological superconductivity” could come in useful for a host of new applications
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More evidence for a ‘fifth force’ found in radioactive decay measurements
Anomalies in decays of beryllium-8 and helium-4 point to new physics
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Contrast-enhanced MRI shines light on liver cancer survival
Uptake of a hepatobiliary MR contrast agent helps predict tumour aggressiveness and recurrence-free survival in patients with liver cancer
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‘Twistronics for photons’ brings tunable diffraction-free light rays
Experiments reveal a photonic analogue for electron superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene
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