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Opening science or narrowing its base?

April 16, 2019
It may carry laudable ambition, but will Plan S damage science? From 2020, the scientific publishing plan could force you to pay-to-publish as well as threaten international collaborations and place...

First black hole image revealed

April 10, 2019
The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.The image, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope, shows the black hole at the centre of Messier 87,...

The quest to go quantum

April 1, 2019
Dotted around the UK, scientists are slowly but surely turning quantum research into commercial products. Jonathan Chadwick met up with a team at Sussex University who think they can beat...

2D material improves in space

March 20, 2019
Materials consisting of a single layer of atoms could be used in space missions due to their resilience to intense levels of radiation.Australian National University scientists exposed of atomically thin...

Twisted Milky Way

March 18, 2019
3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.

Liquid metal turned to plasma

March 13, 2019
Liquid metal has been turned to plasma for the first time, with applications for attaining fusion energy.Using high temperatures and high-density conditions, University of Rochester scientists in New York cooled...

Future Circular Collider: Is it worth it?

March 8, 2019
Earlier this year CERN announced the Future Circular Collider study aiming to build on the success of the LHC and extend its research capabilities. Our two-part feature asks, what is...

Future Circular Collider: What is it?

March 8, 2019
Earlier this year CERN announced the Future Circular Collider study aiming to build on the success of the LHC and extend its research capabilities. Our two-part feature asks, what is...

Edging towards the quantum speed limit

February 12, 2019
More rapid energy progression in a quantum computer may be achieved thanks to more rapid jumps in energy in a quantum state.Quantum researchers at Aalto University sped up the energy...

Quantum-scale electron liquid

February 6, 2019
Physicists have created the first electron liquid at room temperature and say it could have applications in quantum computers.University of California scientists directed superfast laser pulses at ultrathin sandwich, formed...

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