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Near-IR nanosensors help blind mice see
When blindness sets in gradually, the patient’s remaining vision can hinder prospective treatments. In a new experimental strategy, researchers turn to a different wavelength.
Photoelectron spectra explain how ammonia solutions become metallic
The gradual emergence of delocalized electron states in lithium–ammonia solutions underlies their transition.
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Could hydrogen bail out nuclear power?
As nuclear-powered water electrolysis becomes cheaper, it could compete with the current, carbon-intensive hydrogen production process.
New 5G exemption may jam GPS devices
Opposition in the public and private sectors is growing against a US telecommunications plan that would allow one company to use its satellite communications radio spectrum for terrestrial applications.
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Sarah Frances Whiting and the “photography of the invisible”
A team of women working in the physics laboratory at Wellesley College carried out some of the first successful x-ray experiments in the US.
Does new physics lurk inside living matter?
The link between information and physics has been implicit since James Clerk Maxwell introduced his famous demon. Information is now emerging as a key concept to bridge physics and biology.
Nanotubes from layered transition metal dichalcogenides
The two-dimensional materials form one- and zero-dimensional hollow structures with a host of promising mechanical, optical, and electrical properties.
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The warmth of wind power
As wind turbines harvest energy, they redistribute heat in the lower atmosphere. Farmers have been exploiting the effect for decades.