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Can a small lump of metal be in a quantum state that extends over distant locations? A research team at the University of Vienna answers this question with a resounding yes. In the journal Nature, ...

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During World War Two, a pair of physicists went to great lengths to keep their Nobel Prize medals out of the hands of the Nazis. Here’s the absolutely wild story.

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For the first time, researchers from Tokyo University of Science have observed wave-like interference patterns from ...

Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that ...

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Research led by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and ...

Scientists have long believed that foam behaves like glass, with bubbles locked into place. New simulations reveal that ...