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Researchers at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ have shed new light on why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars
An international team led by astronomers Dr David Maltby and Professor Omar Almaini used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a large sample of recently "quenched” galaxies in the distant Universe, observed around 9 billion years ago. Read the paper .
3D printed surfaces help atoms play ball to improve quantum sensors
A group of scientists, led by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’s Dr Lucia Hackermueller, have created 3D printed surfaces featuring intricate textures that can be used to bounce unwanted gas particles away from quantum sensors.
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