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A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has created quantum sensors that can survive in extreme conditions. Built inside unbreakable sheets of crystallized boron nitride, the ...

Ice generates electricity as a response to stress when it bends. Experiments with pure and saline ice found that with enough ...

The transverse Thomson effect is observed for the first time: current, heat, and magnetic fields generate controlled cooling ...

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At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Stony Brook ...

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Combining nodal seismic networks with AI creates a high-resolution 3D model of the internal structure of an active volcano ...

The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you ...

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