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The famed collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory has ended operations, but if all goes to plan, a new collider will rise ...

Students, or spies? New report warns of "infiltration" of America's colleges and universities by Chinese students with links ...

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Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...

A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

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A single subatomic particle that hit Earth in 2023 carried roughly 100,000 times more energy than anything humanity has ever ...