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Twisted materials—known as moiré structures—have revolutionized modern physics, emerging as today's "alchemy" by creating ...

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Physicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have a novel plan to uncover an unknown fifth force of nature long theorized to exist ...

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Some atomic nuclei are not shaped like rugby balls, as a longstanding theory suggests, but are instead somewhat flattened, like almonds, according to a new study by Japanese scientists.

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The discovery resets our understanding of how ice behaves in the frigid vastness of deep space and could influence our ...

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...

A Yukawa particle is the hypothesized mediator of a possible force within the cores of atoms. If it exists, it would have a subtle influence on how particles making up an atom's nucleus interact with ...

Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as previously assumed, a completely disordered material like liquid water, ...