Physics
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When you cough, how far can it go?
Physics suggests we should be ‘distancing’ further.
Airborne transmission of viruses is not well understood, but a good baseline for study is a deeper understanding of h...
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Scanning with golden ‘bow ties’
Detectors would operate in terahertz region.
Australian and British physicists have unveiled their design for a high-precision detector they say could enable a ne...
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2D materials with a twist
Doing it a scale could release their potential.
Welcome to the world of twistronics – electronics with a twist. There is increasing interest in the potential of t...
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Just how runny can a liquid get?
It seems there’s an equation for that.
You’ve probably never wondered how runny a liquid can get, which is no bad thing because it’s not an easy question to...
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History
Hans Geiger counts particles
His device changed physics and films.
The Geiger counter is fundamental to popular entertainment, especially in sci-fi films in which a scientist carrying ...
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Wiring quantum computers
Researchers propose new ‘simple build’.
Physicists from Japan and Australia have proposed a novel two-dimensional design for a quantum computer that can be c...
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Getting to grips with superconductivity
Energy gap modulations in a cuprate superconductor.
The explanation of this schematic diagram may do your head in if you’re not a physicist, but the work is well worth n...
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Entanglement and a quantum internet
Researchers say they have found the ‘missing link’ for success.
US physicists say they have found “the missing link” for a practical quantum internet and, as such, taken a big step ...
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Scientists crack 58-year-old quantum mystery
Fluke find could revolutionise nuclear magnetic resonance.
Curiosity-driven research can yield exciting discoveries. The latest is an accidental breakthrough by Australian engi...
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Turbulent times in the aquarium
Researchers unravel how fluids transform from order to disorder.
While turbulence is everywhere – from planes to white water rafting and whirlpools in the bathtub – it’s one of the l...
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Don’t fear the craquelure
Cracks can make wood paintings less vulnerable.
Cracks in the paint of a great work of art may not be quite the problem they seem. In fact, if it’s a painting on woo...
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Reducing noise below the sound of silence
Researchers manipulate quantum light with telling effect.
Researchers from Australia, Singapore and China have developed a technology that manipulates quantum states of light ...