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Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could be linked, new research suggests.

Quantum materials could transform technologies ranging from powerful computers and ultrasecure communications to advanced ...

Fast radio bursts could become the most versatile tools in cosmology: astronomer Manisha Caleb argues in a new preprint that ...

The answer is trapped ions, the technology that underpins College Park, MD-based IonQ’s quantum computers. Trapped ions are ...

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The mysterious origin of lightning was finally uncovered through an ingenious laboratory experiment, revealing the ...

The first hints of what's behind the seemingly illogical mismatch between photochemical reactivity and absorptivity could ...

Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of light ...

A centimeter-sized crystal has revealed clear signs of quantum entanglement, showing that large, everyday objects can display ...

Scientists at Kyushu University in Japan have pulled off something that sounds almost like a physics magic trick taking ordinary visible sunlight and converting it into ultraviolet light using a newly ...