Three purpose-built instruments — Alpha-E Plasma, Alpha-E Prime, and Alpha-E Pro — bring real fusion and plasma experimentation into university teaching labs and research programmes at price points ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase contrast, which ...

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Researchers have developed a compact, low-cost convolutional spectrometer that delivers lab-grade precision for applications ...

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Physicists have developed a new optical centrifuge that can precisely spin molecules inside a superfluid for the first time.

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THERE must be very few students of advanced physics who are unaware of the contents and scope of Richtmyer‘s important book. The appearance of the fourth edition is indeed most welcome and a matter of ...

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