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Tiny animal hairs could act as sensitive compass needles

New York | Heidelberg, 22 September 2022
Statistical mechanics shows that some animals may be able to perceive Earth’s magnetic field with bundles of microscopic hairs in their inner ears.
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Fermi’s ground-breaking figure

New York | Heidelberg, 22 September 2022
How the radial wave function transformed physics
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Considering how friction is maximised when liquids flow on nanoscales

New York | Heidelberg, 15 August 2022
By simulating a liquid confined by a nanoscale structure, researchers discovered the role molecular clogging plays in friction.
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