Asteroid ‘Bee-Zed’ shares a retrograde orbit with Jupiter
Former comet orbits in the opposite direction as the gas giant
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Laser pulse changes atomic wire from insulator to metal
System is fastest-ever electronic switch
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Levitating diamond vacancies hold their spin
Technique could be used to measure tiny forces
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Honey bees navigate using magnetic abdomens
Bees can be blown off course by applying a magnetic field
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Fast live nanoscopy reveals protein confinement in neurons
A technique that can image particle movement on microsecond timescales and nanometre length scales provides evidence that supports the “picket fence” model of membrane protein confinement
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Supermassive black hole was ejected by gravitational waves
Collision sent billion-Sun-sized object speeding away from galactic core
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Molybdenum disulfide transistors display nervous behaviour
Fundamental characteristics of neurotransmission and memory formation are replicated in MoS2 field-effect transistors
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Molecular motors drive liquid through large channels
Surprising result not expected to occur on macroscopic scales
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Spin glass provides insight into brain activity
Model reveals functional role of spin-glass-like states in neurological networks
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Physicists learn how to put plasmons in a twist
Orbital angular momentum could be used to encode information
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