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Researchers have a new explanation for why those endless days of childhood seemed to last so much longer than they do now -- physics. According to the theory, the apparent temporal discrepancy can be ...

Physicists and instrument makers in Leiden have succeeded in optimizing a spring that almost completely filters out vibrations at temperatures near absolute zero. This breakthrough opens the door to a ...

When a high-intensity laser interacts with plasma, the charged particles typically oscillate back and forth like waves on the ocean. But what if the laser itself could twist like a whirlpool?

Quantum computers promise to simulate physical systems far beyond the reach of classical machines. But even quantum algorithms face fundamental limits: no fast-forwarding theorems. These say that if ...

A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

This work identifies long-lived chiral quasiparticles emerging on top of periodically reviving scarlike states in a Rydberg atom chain at high energy densities where instead thermalization is expected ...

This review summarizes efforts to develop coarse-grained multichain models for entangled polymers. The studies aim to bridge an important gap between the standard bead-spring model and the tube model.

Longing to soar above some breathtaking scenery? For decades, Google has hidden a flight simulator game in the desktop app for Google Earth. Now, the whole world can take off online, for free. Prepare ...

With performance three times better than copper’s, this new material could substantially improve heat management of electronics, data centers and energy systems ...