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Scientists have created a perovskite-based gamma-ray detector that surpasses traditional nuclear medicine imaging technology.

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Astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy have identified a new category of events that they found ...

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An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "spider" millisecond pulsar, which received designation ...

A record-breaking laser buried in a quiet French lab just outpowered every other beam on Earth — and it’s not even close.