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Move over belly flops and cannonballs. Manu jumps, pioneered by New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika communities, reign supreme.
By Elie Dolgin
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Move over belly flops and cannonballs. Manu jumps, pioneered by New Zealand’s Māori and Pasifika communities, reign supreme.
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The quantum-based magnet technique could allow scientists to spot ultralight dark matter particles.
The new book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, spotlights the oft-forgotten contributions of women scientists in the field.
With greater control over the quantum realm, physicists are poised to make major leaps in quantum computing, quantum gravity and more.
Private listening out in the open is possible thanks to acoustic metasurfaces that precisely bend and direct sound waves.
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.
Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new vibration-based way to keep them clean and prevent infection.
Rosettes made by scraping Tête de Moine, or “monk’s head,” cheese result from variations in the friction between the blade and the cheese.
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.
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