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Local chemical order forms in the liquid--solid interface even when the multi-principal element alloys are rapidly cooled

Short-range order always appears in new type of alloy

Close up of the air-powered sensing device

Air-powered computers make a comeback

Novel device contains a pneumatic logic circuit made from 21 microfluidic valves

Vortex cannon generates toroidal electromagnetic pulses

Electromagnetic vortex pulses could be employed for information encoding, high-capacity communication and more

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Gallium-doped bioactive glass kills 99% of bone cancer cells

New therapy kills cancerous cells while stimulating growth of new healthy bone

The hBN quantum sensing setup at RMIT University

Carbon defect in boron nitride creates first omnidirectional magnetometer

Quantum sensor can detect magnetic fields in any direction and monitor temperature changes in a sample at the same time

The simulated Pong game environment, 1000 × 1000 pixels, separated into six regions

Electro-active material ‘learns’ to play Pong

Memory-like behaviour emerges in a polymer gel

Shadowgraph of an oil drop sliding down two fibres

Twisted fibres capture more water from fog

New finding could allow more fresh water to be harvested from the air

Artist's impression of heat waves rising coherently from a structured metasurface

Metasurface makes thermal sources emit laser-like light

Pillar-studded surface just hundreds of nanometres thick allows researchers to control direction, polarization and phase of thermal radiation

Metamaterial gives induction heating a boost for industrial processing

Technology could help heavy industry transition from fossil fuels

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Bristol print innovators make a strong impression

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‘Kink states’ regulate the flow of electrons in graphene

New valleytronics-based switch could have applications in quantum networks

Kirigami cubes make a novel mechanical computer

New device can store, retrieve and erase data

Artist's image showing a running human with a sensor in their body. An inset image of the sensor shows that it contains twisted ropes of carbon nanotubes

Twisted carbon nanotubes store more energy than lithium-ion batteries

Mechanical energy storage could be a safer way of powering some medical devices

Artist's image of a graphene lattice, showing the atoms as yellow balls and the edges of the lattice as yellow lines

Graphene switch combines logic and memory functions in a single device

New device exploits the carbon material’s ability to conduct both electrons and protons

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Novel ‘glassy gel’ materials are strong yet stretchable

Glassy gels that can stretch up to five times their original length could find use in areas ranging from batteries to adhesives

Image of a fatigue-free ferroelectric system

Sliding ferroelectrics offer fast, fatigue-free switching

Two new studies show that unconventional ferroelectric materials can endure many switching cycles without losing their ferroelectric properties

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Physics cookbook is fun but fails to gel

Megan Povey reviews Physics in the Kitchen by George Vekinis

Kyrenia Ship hull during underwater excavation

Revised calibration curve improves radiocarbon dating of ancient Kyrenia shipwreck

Researchers have placed tighter constraints on the age of the Kyrenia Ship that sank off the coast of Cyprus in the 3rd century BCE

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Catherine Phipps describes her life as an engineer at aircraft-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce

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Extreme impacts make metals stronger when heated

Counterintuitive finding could be useful for spacecraft shielding design and high-speed manufacturing processes

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