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Researchers from the University of Arizona, working with an international team, have captured and controlled quantum ...

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A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the ...

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A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

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Massive funding cuts to US science agencies are driving researchers abroad, sparking a global brain drain that could hand ...