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A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space ...

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The world’s smallest temporary pacemaker is self-powered, optically controlled and dissolves when it’s no longer needed ...

How it works Artist’s impression of how an ultrafast disruption of superconductivity in a YBCO thin film triggers an abrupt magnetic field quench, setting off dynamics in a neighbouring magnetic ...