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For the first time, data from LHCb, a major physics experiment, will be processed on a farm of GPUs. This solution is not only much cheaper, but it will help decrease the cluster size and process data at speeds up to 40 ...

(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Bose-Einstein condensates are often described as the fifth state of matter: At extremely low temperatures, gas atoms behave like a single particle. The exact properties of th...

The giant squid's esophagus goes through its brain.

Will states reach a "tipping point" in COVID-19 cases that triggers more shutdowns?

Cryo-electron microscopy captures detailed snapshots of the GABAB receptor protein contorts as it interacts with GABA.

Quantum communication--where information is sent through particles, typically entangled photons--has the potential to become the ultimate secure communication channel. Not only is it nearly impossible to eavesdrop on qua...

We've all experienced turbulent air and water, but did you know light can be turbulent too?

All efforts to replicate in tokamak fusion facilities the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars must cope with a constant problem--transient heat bursts that can halt fusion reactions and damage the doughnut-shaped...

Even without a concussion, repetitive impacts experienced by those who play contact sports have clear effects on the brain. Rugby players who reported no concussions had alterations in the microstructure of the brain, sp...

Researchers have shown that a detection technology borrowed from quantum optics can be used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) with much lower light power than previously possible. This could greatly improve t...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a widely used tool for chemical analysis and molecular structure recognition. Because it typically relies on the weak magnetic fields produced by a small thermal nuclear s...

Joint effort of the nuclear theory group at the University of Jyvaskyla and the international collaborative EXO-200 experiment paves the way for solving the reactor antineutrino flux problems. The EXO-200 collaboration c...

A new study sheds light on why we get tricked by a classic optical illusion. Researchers found brightness estimations occur before visual information reaches the visual cortex, probably originating in the retina.

We still don't know what the mass of a neutrino is, which means there is still lots of exciting work to do, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Scientists from the international XENON collaboration, an international experimental group including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo; the Institute fo...

Bose-Einstein condensates are often described as the fifth state of matter: At extremely low temperatures, gas atoms behave like a single particle. The exact properties of these systems are notoriously difficult to study...

How fast is this nearby black hole spinning? A new measurement offers clues that could solve the old mystery.

DNA analysis of the 5000-year-old bones of a man buried in the Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland suggest the ruling elite at the time married within their family like some ancient Egyptian rulers

A huge egg, the second largest ever found, has been discovered in dinosaur-era rocks. It may have been laid by a giant marine reptile called a mosasaur

Palaeontologists have long assumed that all dinosaurs laid hard-shelled eggs, but fossils of soft-shelled dinosaur eggs discovered in Mongolia suggest otherwise

As bee populations continue to decline, researchers are looking for alternative ways to fertilise flowers. One suggestion is using soap bubbles to deliver pollen