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Contributed by Ian J. Bateman; received April 20, 2024; accepted October 3, 2024; reviewed by Roy Brouwer, Catherine L. Kling, and Marije Schaafsma This contribution is part of the special series of ...

Physicists may have just cracked open a hidden side of the quantum world. For decades, every known particle was thought to ...

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The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington For more than a ...

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago. As of Friday, the number ...

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