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Vacuum tunnelling – an exotic process by which empty space can become temporarily filled with virtual particles when an ...

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IMAP, which is 2.4 m in diameter and almost 1 m high, will also support real-time observations of the solar wind and ...

The researchers found that a slightly curved meniscus allows more wave energy to pass through the barrier. Conversely, if the meniscus curves more steeply, it reduces the energy transported by the ...

London-based artist Oksana Kondratyeva has created a new stained-glass artwork – entitled Discovery – that is inspired by the ...

In the past three decades astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Many of these exoplanets are very unlike the eight planets of the solar ...

A backpack equipped with gyroscopes shows promise as a balance aid for people with the movement disorder ataxia and could one day remove the need for cumbersome mobility aids ...

Researchers find that a photon can spend a negative amount of time in an excited atomic state while passing through a cloud ...

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