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What if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill? Doctors in San Mateo County are giving patients a prescription to spend time outdoors. The Park Rx program is getting patients back to health, by getting them back to nature.

Monday, the Scott County Sheriff's Office promoted a deputy who shot and killed a man at a traffic stop in 2018.

When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future—and When it Doesn’t June 3, 2021• Physics 14, 83 Breaking the laws of nature isn’t the only reason that some science fiction ideas never make it off the written page or out of a movie set. denisgo/stock.adobe.com Space elevators were the focal point of Arthur Clarke’s 1979 book The Fountains of Paradise. While scientifically possible, they are unlikely to become reality because of their huge cost. denisgo/stock.adobe.com Space elevators were ...

A self-propelled particle trapped in a potential well defined by energy availability, has a unique swimming pattern that comes from hidden currents in the fluid in which it swims.

A porcelain breakfast service ordered by a marquess to honour Queen Victoria on her first visit to Scotland will go under the hammer next week. John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, had the set of nearly 300 pieces made as part of a massive upgrading at Taymouth Castle in Perthshire ahead of the royal visit from September 7-10 1842. It is said that the young Queen Victoria was so charmed by what she saw at Taymouth with her consort Prince Albert that it confirmed her love of Scotland. The...

20:53 EDT, 14 May 2021 A porcelain breakfast service ordered by a marquess to honour Queen Victoria on her first visit to Scotland will go under the hammer next week. John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, had the set of nearly 300 pieces made as part of a massive upgrading at Taymouth Castle in Perthshire ahead of the royal visit from September 7-10 1842. It is said that the young Queen Victoria was so charmed by what she saw at Taymouth with her consort Prince Albert that it confirmed ...

A Recipe for Universal Vaccines May 13, 2021• Physics 14, 72 Researchers use nonequilibrium statistical physics methods to guide the design of vaccines that are effective against many strains of a virus, a holy grail of immunology. terovesalainen/stock.adobe.com Vaccines might be optimized by choosing a sequence of different antigens for the initial and booster shots. terovesalainen/stock.adobe.com Vaccines might be optimized by choosing a sequence of different antigens for the initi...

Lighting Up Heart Cells with Tiny Lasers May 11, 2021• Physics 14, 71 A new microscopy technique that uses micrometer-sized lasers can track beating-induced changes in a heart cell’s refractive index. M. Schubert/University of St Andrews Micrometer-sized lasers placed inside heart cells can track the beating of these dynamics systems. M. Schubert/University of St Andrews Micrometer-sized lasers placed inside heart cells can track the beating of these dynamics systems.× No easy met...

Easing of restrictions sees Llandeilo fire crew present competition winners with prizes WITH the easing of restrictions, Llandeilo fire station used the opportunity to present prizes to the winners of a competition that took place last year. Back in December local schoolchildren were given the opportunity to enter a painting competition with the winning design featuring on the station’s greetings banner. The competition was organised by crew manager Carl Lewis and watch manager John Her...

Steering Light Within a Crystal April 27, 2021• Physics 14, s53 By shaping the phase of a light beam, researchers demonstrate that they can guide its path through an otherwise light-impenetrable material. COPS/University of Twente × Ravitej Uppu has a conundrum—the best materials for housing qubits and certain other optically activated objects typically reflect incident light. By stopping externally applied light from reaching its target, this reflectivity presents a challenge for c...