While spaghetti might have a diameter of a couple of millimetres and capelli d’angelo (angel hair) is around 0.8 mm, the thinnest known pasta to date is thought to be su filindeu (threads of God), ...

The big names in physics to write for the volume include Martin Rees on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century; Carlo Rovelli on scientific thinking across the centuries; and ...

Researchers in Switzerland have created a mechanical qubit using an acoustic wave resonator, marking a significant step ...

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Universal boundary that distinguishes effective approximate error correction codes from ineffective ones turns out to be ...

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Gas sensor made from nanoflakes of indium oxide-based materials successfully identifies individuals with lung cancer ...

Another popular method is to bombard nuclei with high-energy electrons, analysing the scattering data to infer structural ...

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Ekert said that this statistical codebreaking technique was developed in the 9th century by the Arab polymath Al-Kindi. This ...

Welsh’s ebook is called “ Space Radiation: Astrophysical origins, radiobiological effects and implications for space ...