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Toy-inspired experiment on behavior of quantum systems
FULL STORY Associate Professor Benjamin Lev and his research team were inspired by the toy known as Newton's cradle in…
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Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time
FULL STORY The exoplanet WASP-107b is a gas giant, orbiting a highly active K-type main sequence star. The star is…
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Physicists find signs of a time crystal
FULL STORY Yale physicists looked for a signature of a discrete time crystal within a crystal of monoammonium phosphate. Credit:…
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Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big bang
FULL STORY A new theory may have far reaching implications for the multiverse paradigm. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L. Townsley et al;…
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Physics of a glacial ‘slushy’ reveal granular forces on a massive scale
FULL STORY The ice ridge in the photo shows the terminus of Jakobshavn Glacer at the ice-ocean border, and the…
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Extreme mobility of mantis shrimp eyes
FULL STORY Mantis shrimp (stock image). Credit: © CHECHIN / Fotolia Mantis shrimp (stock image). Credit: © CHECHIN / Fotolia…
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Citizen scientists discover a new water beetle and name it after Leonardo DiCaprio
FULL STORY The new species Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi. Credit: Taxon Expeditions - Hendrik Freitag The new species Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi. Credit: Taxon…
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Editing brain activity with holography
FULL STORY A sample hologram with 50 randomly distributed neuron targets spanning a region 500 microns square and 250 microns…
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Whale shark logs longest-recorded trans-Pacific migration
FULL STORY Whale sharks are filter feeders, eating plankton, fish eggs, krill, crab larvae as well as small squid and…
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Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to eat them afterwards
FULL STORY Male brown widow spiders seek to mate with older, less-fertile females who are 50 percent more likely to…
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