by senhorjose | physicsworld
What skills do you use every day in your job? Physics and film-making have been intertwined throughout my career since I was an undergraduate. In 1984 I made the unusual suggestion to the physics department at the University of Nottingham that my final-year project...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
Scientists in Germany and the US have predicted the most topologically complex knot ever found in a protein using AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by Google’s DeepMind. Their complete analysis of the data produced by AlphaFold also revealed...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
Many physicists are keen to share their enthusiasm for science with the public, and this often involves participating in events at different venues across a community. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we meet four people in the Canadian city of...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
Two independent research groups have demonstrated a protocol for distributing quantum-encrypted keys via a method that is sure to leave would-be network hackers in the dark. The protocol, dubbed device independent quantum key distribution, was first proposed three...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
Excitonic insulators – an exotic type of matter with a ground state comprising bound electron–hole pairs – have been made by two independent research groups. The excitonic insulators were created in layered materials called van der Waals heterostructures and the...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
I was recently in Newcastle to attend PEMD2022 – the 11th international conference on power electronics, machines and drives. What struck me was not only the huge performance improvements that have been happening in electric motors and generators but just how far we...
by senhorjose | physicsworld
A super-slippery material that regenerates its surface charge when illuminated could pave the way for next-generation interfacial materials and microfluidics. The new material is a combination of a copolymer, tiny liquid metal particles and lubricant-trapping...
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Artist impression of the coloured nanotubes. (Courtesy: R Zhang) “Structurally colouring” carbon nanotubes with an amorphous layer of titanium dioxide not only makes them easier on the eye, it also makes them flame-resistant. This is the finding of researchers from...
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Key features: OA-US images illustrating the patterns used to define the feature set for benign and malignant lesions. Arrows indicate the OA feature (specified above the panels); the lesion histopathology is shown below. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Photoacoustics...
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Usually, when materials heat up, they become more disordered. Now, researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have found evidence for the opposite happening in the element neodymium, which develops long-range order as its temperature increases. The presence...
