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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots".
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Setting pulses racing
Setting pulses racing
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 jointly to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier.
A pain in the side
A pain in the side
What do Ava Gardner, Bing Crosby, Anna Kendrick, William Shatner, Indira Gandhi and Benjamin Franklin all have in common?
Smiles: the good, the bad and the funny
Smiles: the good, the bad and the funny
Emily Pond, Manawatu College, of Foxton, asked: Why do humans use smiles in a friendly, placatory way when other primates use them as threats?Associate Professor Kirk L. Hamilton, a physiologist...
A rust fungus invasion
A rust fungus invasion
John Campbell, of Christchurch, asked: Some of my raspberry plant leaves have become spotted with orange spots. Should I be worried?