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Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

New research by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in ...

Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that ...

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Quantum sensing has transformational potential across many areas of technology and science, most prominently biomedical ...

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