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Engineered polymers hold promise for use in next generation technologies such as light-harvesting devices and implantable ...

The story of the first TV shows how a handful of bold experiments and strange contraptions set the stage for the screens we ...

Engineered polymers hold promise for use in next generation technologies such as light-harvesting devices and implantable ...

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Three scientists at U.S. universities won the Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology. Here's why their work matters.

Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enables the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by ...

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