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Flash Physics: 3D stars shrink when hot, new laser sensor for gases, tracking solar waves

25 Oct 2016 Tushna Commissariat

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The star structures that shrink when heated
Shrinking stars: the 3D-printed star structures. (Courtesy: Qiming Wang/Q Wang et al./Phys. Rev. Lett.)
3D star structure shrinks when heated While most solids expand when heated, some defy this thermodyn

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