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Can we peek at Schrodinger’s cat without disturbing it?

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Quantum physics is difficult and explaining it even more so. Associate Professor Holger F. Hofmann from Hiroshima University and Kartik Patekar from the Indian...
Neutrino produced in a cosmic collider far away

Neutrino produced in a cosmic collider far away

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The neutrino event IceCube 170922A, detected at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, appears to originate from the distant active galaxy TXS...
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Why are there no animals with three legs

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If "Why?" is the first question in science, "Why not?" must be a close second. Sometimes it's worth thinking about why something does not...
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Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy

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Energy is a quantity that must always be positive—at least that's what our intuition tells us. If every single particle is removed from a...
Researchers discover process to sustainably produce psilocybin a drug candidate that could help treat depression

Researchers discover process to sustainably produce psilocybin, a drug candidate that could help treat...

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Andrew Jones at Miami University and his team of students may have developed a research first. Through metabolic engineering, they discovered a way to sustainably produce...
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Quantum material goes where none have gone before

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Rice University physicist Qimiao Si began mapping quantum criticality more than a decade ago, and he's finally found a traveler that can traverse the...
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Spitzer spots a starry region bursting with bubbles

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This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and...
Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano

Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano

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On 22 December 2018, a flank of the Anak Krakatau volcano plunged into the Sunda strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java,...
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Intriguing discovery provides new insights into photoelectric effect

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The discovery that free electrons can move asymmetrically provides a deeper understanding of one of the basic processes in physics: the photoelectric effect. It...
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Beyond Einstein: Physicists solve mystery surrounding photon momentum

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Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According...
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Could the female orgasm be a happy remnant of evolution?

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Have scientists solved the mystery of the female orgasm? As a team of researchers pointed out, during intercourse the male orgasm serves an obvious reproductive function: Without...