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Aerial view of a tennis court during a match, showing the grass court from above with two players positioned on opposite sides. The court is surrounded by packed stadium seats filled with spectators.
Science & Technology

Friction, speed and surprise: What sets Wimbledon’s grass courts apart from clay, hard courts

A Delta Plane upside down on the runway in Toronto.
World & National News

Physicist explains what may have caused Delta Flight 4819 to flip over

Crescent moon.
Science & Technology

What time is it on the moon? We may soon know, thanks to NASA project

The carbon fiber debris from the Titan submersible.
Science & Technology

Physicist explains why the Titan submersible’s carbon fiber was ineffective

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Science & Technology

Breakthrough discovery: Northeastern researchers pull back the quantum curtain on ‘Weyl fermions’

light beams breaking through black surface
Science & Technology

‘We don’t have any theory for this.’ Breakthrough discovery in materials science challenges current understanding of photoemission

Science & Technology

Hockey physics: What are the forces responsible for a good slap shot? Naturally, we asked a physicist

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Science & Technology

Researchers discover promising new catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells

yellow and brown atom on a black background
Science & Technology

Researchers discover new ‘unexpected’ phenomenon in quantum physics of materials

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Breakthrough in quantum sensing provides new material to make ‘qubits’

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Using a billion-dollar laser, physicists hope to probe the quantum world for new discoveries

Science & Technology

What goes on inside the battery of your iPhone at the sub-atomic level?