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Net successfully snares space debris

October 15, 2018
News
For the first time human history, a satellite has been successfully used to capture a piece of space debris.The RemoveDEBRIS satellite, designed, built and manufactured by a consortium of leading...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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A step towards mini accelerators for widespread use

October 15, 2018
News
UK scientists and engineers, working at CERN, have helped achieve a world first which could enable widespread use of particle accelerators in labs and hospitals around the world.In a paper...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Particle Physics, Physics
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Laser chaos

September 27, 2018
News
To tame chaos in powerful semiconductor lasers, which causes instabilities, scientists have introduced quantum chaos. High-powered semiconductor lasers are used in materials processing, biomedical imaging and industrial research, but the...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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The chameleon and the crystal maze

September 17, 2018
Feature
How a crystal structure within the skin of the famous colour-changing lizard holds the key to wearable photonic devices, next generation screens and optical communications In nature, chameleons can easily...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Minding the gap

September 12, 2018
Feature
When it comes to visualising ultra-fast phenomena, especially biological processes, there is a problem – the Terahertz gap. Now, a pan-European consortium – the EuPRAXIA project – are collaborating to...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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Getting the right exposure

September 6, 2018
Insight
Understanding the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward and what that might do to our health. That is the ambition of exposomics and it is an incredibly tough undertaking...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Geology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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High energy lasers get to the core of a problem

July 31, 2018
News
Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.The findings could aid understanding of how the Earth was formed from elements in space, some...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Geology
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Quantum computing a step closer with Electron pump

July 26, 2018
News
An international team say their research has moved the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.The team has developed a single-electron “pump”. The device developed by the researchers...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Molecular ruby used as optical pressure sensor

July 20, 2018
News
Chemists have developed a molecular system capable of very precise optical pressure measurements.The team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and at the Université de Montréal created a ‘molecular ruby’ that...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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Chewing the fat

July 16, 2018
Feature
Having already reached epidemic levels, the search for pharmaceutical approaches to tackle obesity has been tough – could clues lay in brown fat? Shahzad Ali takes up the case…Indeed, the...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, In Depth
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