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Landmine detectors based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance could reduce the regular occurrence of false positives that hamper ...

Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated that such events occurred only every 3000 to 6000 years. The result, from ...

Researchers and engineers who require vacuum environments for their projects can simplify their design process and achieve better results by collaborating with the technology experts at Agilent ...

Solid-state clock Illustration of how thorium atoms are vaporized (bottom) and then deposited in a thin film on the substrate ...

Metamaterials are fast emerging from the research lab and turning up in real products. Claire Dancer and Alastair Hibbins tell Matin Durrani how the UK Metamaterials Network is helping to boost ...

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Researchers at the University of Strathclyde, UK, have developed a new method to recycle the valuable semiconductor colloidal ...

Electron–proton collisions Study reveals importance of entanglement entropy. (Courtesy: Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory) An international team of physicists has used the principle of ...

Polymers are made by linking together building blocks of monomers into chains. To make polymers elastic, these chains are crosslinked by covalent chemical bonds. The crosslinks connect the polymer ...

Popularized in the late 1950s as a child’s toy, the hula hoop is undergoing renewed interest as a fitness activity and performance art. But have you ever wondered how a hula hoop stays aloft against ...

As proclaimed by the United Nations, 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, or IYQ for short. This year was chosen because it marks the 100th anniversary of Werner ...