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Metallic carbon nanotubes speed-up electron traffic
Study find that as teams grow from one to 50 members there is a significant drop in how “disruptive” the work it produces is
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Chemoinformatics provides scientists with details about structure-activity relationships useful in catalysis
A cost-effective fixed-beam radiotherapy system aims to improve global access to radiation therapy
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Integrating a regular diode with electronic devices could one day lead to efficient on-chip cooling
Piezoelectric nanoparticles that target and electrically stimulate tumour cells upon exposure to ultrasound could enhance the treatment of brain tumours
A new crop of quantum technologies is set to make waves in the commercial world. Get up to speed on what they are and what impact they will have in the future.
David Nolte says it is time to bring the undergraduate physics curriculum into the 21st century
The UK is ideally placed for big ocean swells. Dave Elliott takes a look at past and current attempts to capture this energy
'Oumuamua is the first confirmed interstellar object detected in our solar system – and it's baffling scientists. Andrew Glester explains
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Celebrating a Twitter project that links all the elements in the periodic table with anecdotes about their histories, uses and properties, in honour of the International Year of th...
Predicting the number of surface modes and their polarization may be possible from the helicity operator, according to a recent study
New structure is very different to existing perovskite solar cell architectures and could expand the applications of these materials
Agents in key locations could restore the orderly flow of people
Carbon nanowires doped with nitrogen and ruthenium produce more hydrogen from water splitting than commercial catalysts based on platinum nanoparticles
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Subcommittee of the House of Lords says that replacing lost European funding from the Horizon 2020 programme represents a “formidable” challenge
Need to boost efficiency in next decade, finds study
“Super-supermodes” allow laser light to be focussed to a small spot
Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls on America to develop a national strategy in materials science
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Imports of fruit and veg deplete water resources across the border
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Confusion as many top performing Centres for Doctoral Training are discontinued without explanation
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The Modern Management of Brain Metastases
During the webinar, Dr Arjun Sahgal will share his perspective on the latest trends for treating brain metastases. Dr Sahgal will examine the most recent published clinical data comparing the benefits of SRS with previous treatment techniques, and the use of the most recent technologies available.
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