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Physicists have achieved a breakthrough in data processing by employing an 'inverse-design' approach. This method allows algorithms to configure a system based on desired functions, bypassing manual ...

Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the Universe.

A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various ...

The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found ...

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.