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A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from its tree
Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.
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Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.
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Water drops produce electricity when dripped through a small tube. That power might be harnessed as renewable energy in rainy places.
A long-elusive, hypothetical subatomic particle called the axion can be simulated and potentially detected in a type of thin material.
The KATRIN experiment in Germany nearly halved the maximum possible mass for neutrinos, setting it at 0.45 electron volts.
Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.
Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.
Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.
A quantum processor solved a problem in 20 minutes that would take a supercomputer millions of years. A supercomputer then did a part of it in about 2 hours.
Chemists identify a single molecule that naturally tiles in nonrepeating patterns, which could help build materials with novel electronic properties.
The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.
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