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With the right app, smartphones can become a powerful tool for teaching physics and for increasing the popularity of this important subject.

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  1. 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Christoph Stampfer & Sebastian Staacks

  2. 1st Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Heidrun Heinke

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Stampfer, C., Heinke, H. & Staacks, S. A lab in the pocket. Nat Rev Mater 5, 169–170 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-0184-2

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