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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 her love of Scotland. Another highlight of the sale is a painting of John Campbell, Viscount Glenorc...

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 initial and booster shots.× Just over a year ago, physicists around the world shifted their research eff...

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 method exists for imaging single cells inside live animals. Marcel Schubert of the University of St And...

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 Hermon and was won by Taran Rees, a pupil at Ysgol Gynradd Llandeilo Primary. Taran was also presented ...

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 controlling optically integrated devices. Now, Uppu and colleagues at the University of Twente in the...