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Researchers Have Unlocked the Secret to Pearls’ Incredible Symmetry, Science News
The discovery could inspire more optimal materials for solar panels and space travel.
Advancing the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences
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A model of glucokinase, a glucose-processing protein in the liver and pancreas. Read More
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Astronomers Call for a Massive New Space Telescope to Find the Next Earth, The Verge
American astronomers are calling for the development of a whole new suite of grandiose space telescopes that will be able to peer into the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System, listen to black holes ringing as they form throughout the Universe, and look back in time to when galaxies first emerged.
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‘Balding’ Black Holes Prove Einstein Right Again on General Relativity, Live Science
A physics breakthrough by researchers at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics shows how Einstein's theory of general relativity continues to hold up, even for "balding" black holes.
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Measuring Entropy Production at the Mesoscale, Physics
Theorists place bounds on the energy consumption of a mesoscopic nonequilibrium system using parameters that are experimentally accessible.
