Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

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Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

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New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab found no evidence of a hypothetical fourth flavor of neutrino ...

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By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

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Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the ...

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers ...