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Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...

Neutrinos are low-mass subatomic particles with zero electric charge that interact with matter only via the weak nuclear force and gravity. This makes neutrinos difficult to detect, despite the fact ...

This disparity has led to an increasing interest in global health initiatives, with professional organizations looking to provide support to medical physicists in lower income regions. Alongside, ...

New characterization of the material's surface reveals how an atom-level rearrangement aids the formation of ice crystals and ...

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has led the attacks on US science. But can he really, as Robert P Crease wonders, be compared to Stalin’s feared science administrator Trofim Lysenko? Shocking ...

In a typical organic solar cell, an electron-donating material is interfaced with an electron acceptor. When the donor absorbs a photon, one of its electrons may jump across the interface, creating a ...

The Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center is designed to act as a collaborative space for scientists and engineers ...

Devices could eliminate the strong magnetic fields currently required to define the standard unit of resistance ...

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But for all the difficulties, I’m excited by the prospect of the wind turbines supporting the local energy needs. I can’t wait for the day when I’m on my balcony, solar panels at my side, sipping a ...