Physics
Computer models suggest modern plate tectonics are due to blobs left behind by cosmic collision
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Temporal evolution for the viscosity (upper row) and compositional (lower row) field of the 3D reference case showing LLSVP-sourced plume-induced subduction initiation. ...
Physics Proves Old Saying Right: Friends and Foes Unveiled
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Summary: Researchers, using statistical physics, have validated the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” axiom. The researchers applied advanced network modeling ...
Researchers build new device that is a foundation for quantum computing
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Schematics of the nonreciprocal device, with its circulator (center), qubit port, superconducting cavity, and output port. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj8796 ...
Scientists solve a long-standing mystery surrounding the moon’s ‘lopsided’ geology
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Schematic illustration with a gravity gradient map (blue hexagonal pattern) of the lunar nearside and a cross-section showing two ilmenite-bearing cumulate downwellings ...
Fossil unearthed in New Zealand contains the largest fossil crab claw ever found
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Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri n. sp., A, holotype, NMNZ CR.027704, showing dorsal carapace, thoracic sternum and major right cheliped (male); B, detail of right ...
Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There’s still time to grab a spot
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People gather near Redmond, Ore., to view the sun as it nears a total eclipse by the moon, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. ...
Basic Principle of Physics Is Wrong, Oxford Scientists Say
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‘Opposites charges attract; like charges repel’ is a long-held fundamental principle of physics that you might have heard at school. But your ...
Scientists just created the strongest magnetic field in the universe
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You may never have heard of magnetars, but they are, in a nutshell an exotic type of neutron star whose magnetic field ...
Breakthrough in Quantum Measurement of Gravity Achieved Using Levitating Magnets
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Physicists are one step closer to the measurement of gravity at the quantum level, according to a team whose recent studies move ...
Astronomers detect an extremely red supermassive black hole in the early universe growing in the shadows
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Analyzing images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a group of astronomers led by Dr. Lukas Furtak ...
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