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In classical physics, anything driven hard enough will eventually heat up, lose coherence, and settle into disorder. A new ...

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A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

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New solid-state technology offers higher energy density and faster charging. It’s so named because it does away with the ...

China’s latest advance with its so‑called artificial sun has pushed fusion plasma into a regime many physicists long treated ...

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As stricter fuel regulations and pressures intensify for a solution to the rising greenhouse gas emissions, the maritime ...

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