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Temporal tissue dynamics from a spatial snapshot
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quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’
Large objects, including cats, don’t show quantum effects. But physicists aren’t sure where the size limit lies. Credit: Getty
Schrödinger’s cat just got a little bit fatter. Physicists have created the largest ever ‘superposition’ —…
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Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years
A giant reservoir of “secret” fresh water off the East Coast that could potentially supply a city the size of New York City for 800 years may have formed during the last ice age, when the region was covered in glaciers, researchers…
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Probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry
Quantum and classical model
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Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia
January 21, 2026
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Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia
Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave might shed light on…
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