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New calculations show how hypothetical particles called gravitons would give rise to a special kind of noise.
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Liz MacDonald realized that if she wanted to create the world’s best aurora map, she needed a secret ingredient: Twitter.
At the molecular level, glass looks like a liquid. But an artificial neural network has picked up on hidden structure in its molecules that may explain why glass is rigid like a solid.
Astronomers are discovering that magnetic fields permeate much of the cosmos. If these fields date back to the Big Bang, they could solve a major cosmological mystery.
One hundred years after it was proposed, the Ising model is used to understand everything from magnets to brains.
The astrophysicist and social media phenom Katie Mack is ready to tell you about the fate of the universe.
Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data. One is mundane. Two would revolutionize physics.