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THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES

Soft matter and liquids | Research update Lasers peer into a mysterious region of supercooled water Research highlights the role of dynamics in liquid water below 0 °C Environment and energy, Materials | Research update 'Keyhole surgery' could reduce environmental burden of metal extraction Electrokinetics-based technique may offer a more sustainable future for mining, say researchers Neural engineering | Research update 'Mental handwriting': brain–computer interface turns neural signals into text A brain–computer interface decodes a paralysed participant's attempted handwriting movements, translating neural activity into on-screen text in real-time Quantum | Research update Vibrating drumheads are entangled quantum mechanically Technique could help search for gravitational effects in quantum systems Astronomy and space | Research update Tiny black holes could cause white dwarf stars to explode New model links type Ia supernovae to dark matter

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Art and science, Earth sciences, Physics | Podcast Icequakes and rogue waves: geoscientists and musicians interpret the sounds of the sea This podcast looks at Arctic seismology and music inspired by the ocean Diversity and inclusion | Analysis Scientific-journal publishers announce trans-inclusive name-change policies The introduction of the policies has been broadly welcomed in the community, but some say there is still some way to go Projects and facilities | News Ethical hacking group worms its way into Fermilab The Sakura Samurai team dis­covered configuration data for the lab's NoVa experiment and more than 4500 "tickets" for tracking internal projects Culture, history and society, Education and outreach | Opinion and reviews The fight for physics: how combat robotics on TV's BattleBots turns students on to science TV robot fights are not just entertainment – they can also help turn students on to physics and engineering, as Robert P Crease finds out Mathematics and computation, Medical physics | Interview Medical marvels: how AI is boosting healthcare Irina Grigorescu, a medical physicist at King's College London, explains how artificial intelligence can transform medical physics

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