Kink in cosmic ray spectrum puzzles astrophysicists
Observation suggests a need to rethink origins of cosmic rays
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Wearable device could help predict preterm birth
Maternal heart rate variability during pregnancy could act as a digital biomarker to predict the likely delivery date
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Ultracold four-atom molecules are bound by electric dipole moments
New technique could shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
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Monocrystalline gold brings electronic devices near the efficiency limit
The absence of grain boundaries significantly improves how long “hot” electrons hold onto their high energies and how easily they can be exploited
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Nonlinear optical states are imprinted on an electron beam
Effect could be used in microscopy with high spatial and temporal resolution
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Physicists take the temperature of second sound
Results could have applications for studies of high-temperature superconductors and neutron stars
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Metal-free graphene quantum dots show potential for cancer treatment
A metal-free nanozyme based on graphene quantum dots inhibits tumour growth in mice with no off-target toxicity
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Quieter quantum device measures electrical current
Noise reduction in Josephson junctions could be used in metrology standard
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Physicists observe false vacuum decay in a ferromagnetic superfluid
First experimental evidence of true vacuum “bubbles” could have implications for cosmology as well as condensed-matter physics
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Collapsible helix antenna could aid disaster recovery
New device switches between two operating modes as it is extended and contracted and might also be deployed in space
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