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physicist who predicted boson that explains why particles have mass
Credit: Toni Albir/EPA/Shutterstock During a few weeks in the summer of 1964, Peter Higgs, a theoretical physicist at the University…
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AI can help to tailor drugs for Africa — but Africans should lead the way
Genetic differences between individuals can affect how they respond to drugs.Credit: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty How a person will respond to a…
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official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results
Ranga Dias, the physicist at the centre of the room-temperature superconductivity scandal, committed data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, according to…
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Shell buckling for programmable metafluids
Engheta, N. & Ziolkowski, R. W. Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations (Wiley, 2006). Craster, R. V. & Guenneau, S. Acoustic…
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is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Social-media platforms aren’t always social.Credit: Getty The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of…
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This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side
One side of the planet LHS 3844b (artist’s impression) is thought to be in perpetual daylight.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Imagine…
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Weird new electron behaviour in stacked graphene thrills physicists
Electrons in stacked sheets of staggered graphene collectively act as though they have fractional charges at ultra-low temperatures.Credit: Ramon Andrade…
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what it means for the future
A pig kidney is unpacked for transplant into 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Massachusetts.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital Early success in the…
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Is the Mars rover’s rock collection worth $11 billion?
The Perseverance rover drills a rock core from the edge of the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater on Mars.Credit:…
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what I learnt from using a time-tracking spreadsheet
By monitoring where she spent her time, Megan Rogers could improve her working hours and track her achievements.Credit: Getty Starting…
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