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Can we use quantum computers to make music?
Philip Ball finds out how quantum computers could transform how we make and create music
Sonifying science: from an amino acid scale to a spider silk symphony
Markus Buehler and Mario Milazzo explain how they have been able to explore new avenues of research by translating living structures into sound
Research updates
Are dusty quasars masquerading as Dyson sphere candidates?
Seven M-dwarfs recently identified as possible Dyson sphere candidates could be a case of mistaken identity
Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s
Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago
Blurred tomography fabricates custom microlenses with optically smooth surfaces
A novel 3D printing method can rapidly produce optical components with commercial-level quality
Quantum error correction produces better ‘magic’ states
Proof-of-concept demonstration yields encoded magic states that are robust against any single-qubit error
Boson sampler uses atoms rather than photons
System charts the evolution of complex quantum states
3D printing creates personalized pharmaceuticals
Inkjet-based 3D printing can fabricate customized tablets with drug release profiles tailored to a patient’s individual needs
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The fusion industry must rise to its tritium challenge
Fusion still has many issues to iron out before it can become a viable energy source, as John Evans explains
Decimal time: life in a world where our days are divided differently
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Ask me anything: Daniel Hook – ‘The skills I learned as a researcher are applicable and helpful in any walk of life’
Daniel Hook, chief executive of Digital Science, reflects on his career developing information tools for researchers
Ion therapy, mass spectrometry and the origins of life: Lily Ellis-Gibbings shares her passion for creating novel instrumentation
Lily Ellis-Gibbings from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) discusses her varied career in instrumentation
The ORCA-Quest quantitative CMOS camera: a core building block for quantum systems
The ORCA-Quest scientific camera from Hamamatsu Photonics is opening up cutting-edge applications in quantum computing
Wild songbirds respond to mathematically synthesized song
Mathematical model could provide a valuable tool for investigating a wide range of biological questions
‘Hidden’ citations conceal the true impact of scientific research
Study finds that “foundational” work is often not properly cited, skewing its true impact
Bruno Touschek: the physicist who escaped the Nazi Holocaust to build particle colliders
Giulia Pancheri describes the extraordinary life of the physicist Bruno Touschek
European Space Agency releases first batch of spectacular science images from its Euclid mission
The five images reveal galaxies, globular clusters and nebulae in incredible detail
Stellar magnetic fields may give doomed exoplanets a temporary reprieve
Proposed mechanism could explain why the orbits of some "hot Jupiters" decay slower than expected
Quantum entanglement expands to city-sized networks
Independent demonstrations by teams in China, Europe and the US bring a quantum Internet closer
JWST data reveal interior structure of puffy exoplanet
Two independent teams have analysed spectral data from the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the exoplanet WASP-107 b
Skills development provides pathways into quantum workforce
The UK's National Quantum Computing Centre is working to avoid a future skill shortage by providing accessible routes into quantum computing for people at all stages of their caree...
Micro-tornadoes help transport nutrients within egg cells
New work sheds light on vortex flows involved in mixing and transporting ooplasmic components that cells need to develop
Shrinivas Kulkarni wins Shaw Prize in Astronomy for work on variable and transient objects
Time-domain astronomer receives $1.2m award from Hong Kong-based foundation
Metasurfaces make a single-shot polarization imaging system
New method might find applications in biomedicine
Will future radiotherapy be delivered entirely by AI bots?
The ESTRO 2024 closing debate saw speakers discuss whether the radiation therapy care pathway will be delivered entirely by bots by 2040
Antiviral hydrogel stops SARS-CoV-2 in its tracks
Preliminary results suggest a nose spray based on the new gel could treat or even prevent infections, say researchers
Physics in Ukraine: scientific endeavour lives on despite the Russian invasion
New photographs of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv provide an intimate portrait of the impact that the Russian invasion has had on scientists and research facilities
Ancient lull in Earth’s magnetic field may have allowed large animals to evolve
Period of ultra-weak field nearly 600 million years ago could have contributed to increase in oxygen levels that favoured complex life
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