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Spectral and phase-contrast CT combine strengths to enhance X-ray imaging
Researchers demonstrate the first integration of spectral and phase-contrast computed tomography using tomographic edge-illumination
US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory
NASA says that increasing management costs means it cannot afford to the keep the “great observatory” operational
Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a surprising magnetic personality
Sagittarius A* and Messier 87 black holes are similar, Event Horizon Telescope reveals
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New method pinpoints the 3D location of cold atoms in a lattice
Improvement to quantum gas microscopy gives the position of atoms in all three spatial dimensions, not just two
Getting closer to measuring quantum gravity
New technique measures the gravitational pull on a micron-scale levitating magnetic particle
Heat capacity measurements reveal Majorana fermions
Researchers in Japan and Korea say they have found evidence for the existence of these elusive quasiparticles in the thermodynamic behaviour of a Kitaev magnet
Baryon acoustic oscillations hint that dark energy may have changed over time
DESI observations cast doubt on the Standard Model of cosmology
Roll-to-roll-fabricated hybrid perovskite solar cells reach record efficiencies
Researchers calculate that large-scale devices would be cheap to produce, too
Planet-gobbling stars are more common than we thought
Spectral analysis of stellar “twins” also suggests a significant fraction of planetary systems may be unstable
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