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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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New clues to source of comet oxygen

July 16, 2018
News
Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as thought, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft escorted...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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NPL offer long-term funding

July 16, 2018
News
A new programme of fellowships has been announced by The National Physical Laboratory which will invest in research over a scientists career.The NPL, the UK’s National Measurement Institute, has opened...
Physics & Engineering
Energy
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A virtual boat trip at light speed

July 2, 2018
News
Physicists in Belgium have developed a virtual reality simulation of the theory of relativity as a science education and communication tool.The team from Ghent University made a VR movie –...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Spectacular image of the Rosette Nebula

June 20, 2018
Insight
This spectacular image is of the Rosette Nebula and is in the direction of the constellation Monoceros about 5,000 Light Years away from Earth.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Focal Point, Physics
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Double trouble improves optical sensing at nanoscale

June 18, 2018
News
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved by utilising the quantum effect of interference.Using the approach, researchers from the universities of Warwick and Glasgow have devised a...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Nanotechnology, Physics, Quantum Physics
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A real fantastic voyage

June 14, 2018
Feature
When many still think that swarms of medical nanobots in the body are the stuff of science fiction, one group is going further and placing individual nanomotors actually within human...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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NMR goes large at Warwick

June 12, 2018
News
The UK’s first 1 GHz solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer is on its way to the University of Warwick, thanks to £8 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Physics & Engineering
Physics
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“Spooky action at a distance” harnessed for telecoms

June 4, 2018
News
Physicists have succeeded in mastering a technique, which could allow transmission of quantum information over long distance.Professor Jürgen Eschner and his team at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have entangled...
Physics & Engineering
Quantum Physics
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