Kirigami-inspired parachute falls on target
New system does not need to drift to avoid turbulence
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Antiferromagnets could be better than ferromagnets for some ultrafast, high-density memories
Researchers in Japan have succeeded in switching a manganese-tin nanodot using electric current pulses as short as 0.1 ns
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Schwinger effect appears in a 2D superfluid
Physicists model vacuum tunnelling in a simple system
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Meniscus size and shape affect how liquid waves move through barriers
Effect could come in useful for a host of practical applications that call for fluid control
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Cosmic muons monitor river sediments surrounding Shanghai tunnel
Real-time system also detects ebb and flow of tides
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Gyroscopic backpack improves balance for people with movement disorder
A backpack equipped with gyroscopes shows promise as a balance aid for people with the movement disorder ataxia and could one day remove the need for cumbersome mobility aids
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Negative time observed in photon-atom interaction
Researchers find that a photon can spend a negative amount of time in an excited atomic state while passing through a cloud of atoms
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Harnessing quantum duality for object imaging
Wave and particle properties can encode information about the shape of an object
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Compact diamond magnetometer detects metastatic tumours
Diamond-based magnetic sensor is small enough for use in endoscopy and keyhole surgery
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Unconventional approach to dark energy problem gives observed neutrino masses
Cosmologically coupled black hole hypothesis also confirms that dark energy is evolving
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