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sciencealert.com > strange-material-gets-better-at-conducting-electricity-the-thinner-it-gets

Strange Material Gets Better at Conducting Electricity The Thinner It Gets

28+ min ago   (299+ words) Copper is a much sought (and much stolen) metal because it powers the proliferation of data centers, electric vehicles, and energy infrastructure. Copper also forms interconnects, the wires that transfer electricity between the semiconducting transistors that form the basic building…...

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sciencealert.com > physicists-just-turned-the-entire-planet-into-a-dark-matter-detector-and-strange-signals-kept-turning-up

Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up

19+ hour, 28+ min ago   (218+ words) Physicists have conducted a worldwide hunt for dark matter....

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sciencealert.com > earths-crust-is-unzipping-under-italy

Earth's Crust Is 'Unzipping' Under Italy

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (606+ words) Deep beneath our feet, the slow machinery of Earth is always turning....

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sciencealert.com > physicists-watched-a-quantum-material-rebuild-itself-like-ice-after-laser-blasts

Physicists Watched a Quantum Material Rebuild Itself Like Ice After Laser Blasts

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (319+ words) We already have quantum computers, but they're highly specialized, not particularly practical, and only cover a fraction of the performance potential that scientists think this technology could ultimately unlock....

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sciencealert.com > wild-experiment-reveals-quantum-objects-do-obey-gravity

Wild Experiment Reveals Quantum Objects Do Obey Gravity

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (351+ words) Quantum mechanics and Einstein's general relativity explain how the Universe works at the tiniest and largest scales, respectively. Quantum mechanics has revealed the probabilistic nature of fundamental particles, while Einstein's general relativity describes how the fabric of spacetime is warped…...

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sciencealert.com > scientists-discover-two-superconducting-states-hiding-as-one

Scientists Discover Two Superconducting States Hiding as One

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (270+ words) As much as we now know about superconductivity – where a material conducts electrical charge without resistance or heat loss – there remain long-standing mysteries about how the phenomenon works....

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sciencealert.com > breaking-physicists-may-have-found-the-best-evidence-of-dark-matter-yet

Breaking: Physicists May Have Found The Best Evidence of Dark Matter Yet

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (602+ words) In an experiment deep underground, a tiny flash of light may, ironically, mark the first detection of dark matter....

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sciencealert.com > breakthrough-evidence-nuclear-fusion-flaw-could-actually-be-part-of-the-solution

Breakthrough Evidence: Nuclear Fusion 'Flaw' Could Actually Be Part of The Solution

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (612+ words) Fusion power aims to provide a revolutionary energy source, but achieving it remains perennially around the technological corner. Who knew that harnessing the same basic process that powers the Sun would be so tricky? Currently, many experimental fusion reactors are…...

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sciencealert.com > what-do-you-see-this-weeks-monday-microscope-mystery

What Do You See? This Week's Monday Microscope Mystery

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your detective skills to the test. This week's mystery looks almost cosmic – a scatter of…...

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sciencealert.com > tiny-wrinkles-in-graphene-turn-it-into-a-battery-physicists-find

Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (248+ words) Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick....