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A new analysis reveals what happens when very short or narrow electron beams encounter a particle. The research is published in the New Journal of Physics. Scientists should be able to achieve a new ...

Quantum physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have achieved a major milestone by directly observing atoms ...

A 150-year-old geometry rule has been overturned after mathematicians found two different torus surfaces with identical ...

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THERE are several parts of the science of physics which appear very simple when expounded briefly in elementary text-books, but nevertheless present great difficulties when examined more carefully. A ...

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