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Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks—the tiny particles ...

Majorana 1 relies on ‘topological superconductivity,’ a never-before-seen theoretical form of matter.

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The list of demands from the German football association (DFB) ahead of the German election are compelling, but how effective could they be in the context of federalism and their own image?

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Everyone has their favourite example of a trick that reliably gets ... and chemistry to the Higgs boson and the stability of matter. But physicists don’t know why. Or at least, if some of ...