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We've known that the universe is expanding since 1929, and that its expansion is accelerating since 1998. The culprit behind ...

In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have ...

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The Standard Model of Particle Physics is the best theory scientists have to explain how the universe works on subatomic ...

(via Quanta Magazine) 2025’s most surprising computational revelations included a new fundamental relationship between time ...

Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future. But after decades of waiting for progress, people are understandably ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation. The duo, Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, destro ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have evidence of the surprisingly simple process that could ...

The global chemical industry sits at a crossroads. For more than a century, it has relied on fossil fuels—both as feedstock ...

As we continue to research quantum computing, quantum advantage – the supposed advantage that quantum computers theoretically ...

Extreme endurance running damages red blood cells in ways that may affect their ability to function properly, according to a study published in the American Society of Hematology’s journal Blood ...