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Astronomers have discovered the earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that's well-organized rather than chaotic, ...

Researchers have developed a promising new optical memory technology using rare earth elements and quantum defects to enable ...

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So far, both operational short-wavelength SASE FEL facilities — FLASH, and now LCLS — have piggy-backed on systems originally designed for particle physics applications, and both appear to ...

The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), known for overcoming the Shockley-Queisser limit, typically operates within a narrow ...