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Transverse arch puts a spring in your step, biomechanics study reveals
Curvature across foot plays a crucial role in how humans walk and run
Suction forces enable precise bioprinting
Aspiration-assisted technique could be used in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and the creation of “organs-on-a-chip” for drug testing and disease modelling
Mars rover launch delayed until 2022
Coronavirus outbreak called "the straw that broke the camel's back" after glitches with the rover's parachutes and electronics
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PET scans could help develop shorter TB treatments
PET/CT scans that track whether a drug reaches a lung lesion could help improve the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatments
3D nano-vortices come into view
New imaging technique can visualize the dynamics of magnetic structures in three dimensions for the first time
‘Super-puff’ exoplanets put a ring on it
The unusually low density of some exoplanets may be due to Saturn-like rings rather than clouds of gas
Low-dose chest CT doesn’t appear to damage DNA
A study of low-dose chest CT scans eases concerns over radiation-induced cancer risks related to lung cancer screening
Iron rain on exoplanet is driven by huge extremes in temperature
Exotic chemistry plays out in the atmospheres of hot gas giants
Dark-field microscopes made easy
Adding a mirrored substrate to a standard optical microscope’s sample stage could greatly simplify dark-field imaging and make it more widely accessible
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Peter Hannaford and Krzysztof Sacha ask whether we can realize condensed-matter phenomena exhibited by ordinary spatial crystals in the time dimension
Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?
Businesses must take action on climate change, which is why – says James McKenzie – it’s an example of a “Pascal’s wager”
The vagabond physicist
Andrew Robinson reviews Einstein in Bohemia by Michael Gordin
Navigating the terahertz gap
The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum is exploited less than its neighbouring wavelengths but plays a vital role in astronomy, as Sidney Perkowitz explains
Worlds beyond Earth
The Hayden Planetarium’s new space show has high production values and a strikingly earthy flavour, finds Robert P Crease
Turning water into watts
The oceans seem like an obvious source of renewable energy, but there are huge technical and financial hurdles to harnessing their vast power. Stephen Ornes investigates
Death by prime numbers
David Appell reviews Prime Suspects: the Anatomy of Integers and Permutations by Andrew Granville, Jennifer Granville and Robert J Lewis
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Open innovation meets the technology challenge of 5G networks
Equipment vendor Supermicro has developed open hardware platforms that bring high-performance computing right to the edge of mobile networks
German Physical Society cancels Spring Meetings, but innovation continues
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Cool technology enables quantum computing
Innovations by cryogenics specialist Bluefors are designed to make it easier for researchers to perform precision experiments with large-scale quantum systems
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American Physical Society cancels April Meeting due to coronavirus pandemic
Annual gathering of particle physicists will now be held as an online "virtual" event
Computational model determines dose to blood during radiotherapy
Modelling the dose to circulating blood during radiotherapy could shed light on the suppressive effects of radiation on a patient’s immune system
Metallic glasses bear up better under strain
New rejuvenation technique makes these metastable materials less likely to fracture
Supercapacitor model captures complex physics of charging
New insights could lead to better energy-storage devices
Dual condensate of fermions and excitons should exist, say theoretical chemists
Single quantum state would conduct electricity and energy perfectly
Nanoparticles target the most dangerous prostate tumours
Nanoparticle-based contrast agents could both image and attack the nerve networks that make some prostate cancers especially aggressive
Physicists take snapshots of quantum measurement
Ideal process leaves some superposition states intact
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Report recommends ways to help women in STEMM fields
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine call for systematic, evidence-based actions to address the underrepresentation of women, especially women of colour
Abbreviated breast MRI proves value for invasive cancer
Breast MRI with an abbreviated scanning protocol finds more invasive cancers in women with dense tissue than digital breast tomosynthesis
Novel photovoltaics generate electrical power from thermal sources
Devices based on photon-assisted tunnelling could harvest energy from nuclear power stations, chemical manufacturing facilities and other sources of waste heat
Crowdsourced AI challenge aims to improve mammography accuracy
Combining artificial intelligence algorithms with radiologist assessment can improve the accuracy of detecting cancer in screening mammograms
Wave power, terahertz physics and bumper careers advice for graduates
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PET tracks down causes of fever in children
FDG-PET/CT provides a valuable diagnostic tool for evaluating children with fever of unknown origin
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