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Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

Entropy always increases, but in quantum systems, traditional entropy measures seem constant. TU Wien researchers resolved this paradox by considering Shannon entropy, which accounts for the ...

In physics, the term "isotropy" means a system where the properties are the same in all directions. For fusion, neutron ...

Unlike Roman, Maya or Iñupiaq numerals, this isn’t a total reimagining of numbers. Instead, it’s an uncanny parallel universe. Any number without zeros retains its old appearance (1,776 is still 1,776 ...

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Researchers at the University of Basel have shown that quantum systems can have antagonistic interactions, too—one agent attracts the other, but the other way around, there is a repulsion. Such ...

Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images AT&T has a storied history reaching back to 1885, and it was highly profitable as a legal monopoly. But, charges were filed against the firm, which was also ...

That led them to an island community naturally safeguarded against the aliens, which can't swim, where the National Guard rounded up people in the early days of the apocalyptic invasion.