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Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)
Added: 2 Jul 2020
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that us…
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Last year scientists confirmed that information could be passed between photons on computer chips e…
Machine learning predicts nanoparticle structure and dynamics
Added: 12 Jun 2020
Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the Universit…
ESPRESSO confirms Earth-sized planet around the nearest star
Added: 2 Jun 2020
The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Ce…
Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)
Added: 28 May 2020
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interio…
Orbitronics: the next step for Moore’s Law?
Added: 19 May 2020
SLAC scientists have broken the link between a quantum material's spin and orbital states, opening …
Higgs Spectroscopy: A new method to measure superconductors
Added: 13 May 2020
From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential t…
WIN: A Tale of Seven Scientists
Sarah Lawton | Added: 11 May 2020
And a new philosophy of science
Written by Eric Scerri
‘Open Design’: Printing research hardware to save on capitol costs
Added: 7 May 2020
Free and open source hardware (FOSH) is rapidly gaining momentum as part of a global ‘open design m…
Extending the design rules for clean energy production
Added: 7 May 2020
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have uncovered the …
CERN takes on Covid-19
Added: 9 Apr 2020
The World’s biggest experiment, CERN, has established a task force to identify and support contribu…
Space-based reflectors to boost solar power
Added: 2 Apr 2020
A project exploring the use of space-based reflectors to shine sunlight towards Earth-bound solar f…
Space-bound human tissue
Added: 10 Mar 2020
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to expl…
Nanoarray breakthrough aids electric vehicles
Added: 4 Mar 2020
A team from the University of Bristol have developed a new type of nanoelectromechanical relay to e…
Graphene device bridges the terahertz gap
Added: 5 Feb 2020
Researchers have used graphene to create a device which will unlock the elusive terahertz wavelengt…
Combinatorial look at black holes a decade away
Added: 14 Jan 2020
A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Birmingham has found that collisions of …
Pioneering citizen science project celebrates 10th year
Added: 8 Jan 2020
The citizen science platform, Zooniverse, is celebrating its 10thanniversary.
Bioimaging collaboration takes on viral disease
Added: 9 Dec 2019
A new institute collaboration will allow scientists to study viral diseases in greater detail.
Quantum physics AI speeds up drug discovery
Added: 9 Dec 2019
An international collaboration has seen a team using Artificial Intelligence normally used to predi…
Curiosity rover reveals oxygen spikes on Mars
Added: 15 Nov 2019
Readings from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a surprising jump in oxygen in the Martian atmos…
