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Making a femtosecond laser out of glass

Is it possible to make a femtosecond laser entirely out of glass? That's the rabbit hole that Yves Bellouard, head of EPFL's Galatea Laboratory, went down after years of spending hours—and hours—aligning femtosecond lasers ...

Why Einstein must be wrong: In search of the theory of gravity

Einstein's theory of gravity—general relativity—has been very successful for more than a century. However, it has theoretical shortcomings. This is not surprising: the theory predicts its own failure at spacetime singularities ...

Light and sound waves reveal negative pressure

Negative pressure is a rare and challenging-to-detect phenomenon in physics. Using liquid-filled optical fibers and sound waves, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in Erlangen have now ...

ATLAS measures strength of the strong force with record precision

Binding together quarks into protons, neutrons and atomic nuclei is a force so strong, it's in the name. The strong force, which is carried by gluon particles, is the strongest of all fundamental forces of nature—the others ...

What is quantum squeezing?

How many times have you shown up to a video meeting with people at work only to find you have terrible internet that day? Maybe the others on the call are cutting in and out, or maybe your own signal is being corrupted on ...

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Condensed Matter
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Superconductivity
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Condensed Matter
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Condensed Matter
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Condensed Matter
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Superconductivity
Researchers advance topological superconductors for quantum computing
Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Optics & Photonics
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Ecology
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Paleontology & Fossils
Fossils show widespread plant extinctions after asteroid wiped out dinosaurs
Earth Sciences
Research reveals new insights into soil liquefaction during earthquakes
Archaeology
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Mathematics
Sperm swimming is caused by the same patterns that are believed to dictate zebra stripes
Space Exploration
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Astronomy
JWST discovers massive and compact quiescent galaxy
Earth Sciences
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Astronomy
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Nanophysics
Thermal magIC: Digging into the details of an ambitious new 'thermometry camera'
Plants & Animals
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Planetary Sciences
Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds
Astrobiology
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Social Sciences
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