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Single-shot, reference-less computational wavefront sensing for complex optical fields

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Hardy, J. W. Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195090192.001.0001 (Oxford University Press, 1998). Wang, K. et al. Direct…

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How the strange quantum world becomes the reality we see

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Quantum physics allows particles to exist in many possible states at the same time. But in the world…

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A strange twist in the universe’s oldest light may be bigger than we thought

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Researchers investigating a mysterious cosmic phenomenon called cosmic birefringence have created a new approach to reduce uncertainty in…

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Origin of strange metallicity in a d-orbital kagome metal

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In quantum materials, Coulomb interactions can cause two types of effects. In the first, phases with spontaneously broken…

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Bose–Hubbard simulator with long-range hopping

March 18, 2026

Combescot, M. & Shiau, S. Y. Excitons and Cooper Pairs: Two Composite Bosons in Many-Body Physics (Oxford Univ.…

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CERN Discovers New Particle After Upgrading Large Hadron Collider : ScienceAlert

March 18, 2026

The Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle, the 80th identified so far by the world’s most…

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Scientists Figured Out How to Create Glass That Pushes the Boundaries of Physics

March 18, 2026

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Since 1948, scientists have wondered: If you could cool…

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Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Unlock The Energy of Ocean Waves : ScienceAlert

March 18, 2026

There’s a huge amount of clean energy locked away in ocean waves, if only we could find a…

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Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts

March 18, 2026

Those experiments seek to answer some of the biggest questions in science. These include learning how the Universe…

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Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M. Markevitch; Optical/Lensing: NASA/STScI, Magellan/U. Arizona/D. Clowe; Lensing map: ESO WFI

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This is Part 4 of a series on topological defects. Read Parts 1, 2, and 3. The WHAT?…

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Astronomers May Have Seen Colliding Black Holes Trigger a Blaze of Light : ScienceAlert

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A brief blaze of gamma and X-ray light that lit up Earth telescopes in November 2024 may have…

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The launch in the 1950s of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, played an unexpected but important role…

Single-shot, reference-less computational wavefront sensing for complex optical fields

How the strange quantum world becomes the reality we see

A strange twist in the universe’s oldest light may be bigger than we thought

Origin of strange metallicity in a d-orbital kagome metal

Bose–Hubbard simulator with long-range hopping

CERN Discovers New Particle After Upgrading Large Hadron Collider : ScienceAlert

Scientists Figured Out How to Create Glass That Pushes the Boundaries of Physics

Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Unlock The Energy of Ocean Waves : ScienceAlert

Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts

Is the Universe Defective? Part 4: Hiding in Plain Darkness

Astronomers May Have Seen Colliding Black Holes Trigger a Blaze of Light : ScienceAlert

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