The concepts of creation and destruction are fundamental to current scientific theories regarding the origin of the Earth.

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Recent advances in macromolecular X-ray crystallography have laid a solid foundation from which ... in an open dewar in which a layer of liquid nitrogen gas is used to reduce icing.

The Hypothesis of Laplace.According to Laplace, the solar system formerly consisted of a very much flattened mass of gas ... must have been liquid before they became solid. The question of ...

The phase and the group velocity of light propagating in conventional optical media cannot exceed the speed of light in ...

Quantum spin liquids are fascinating states of matter where magnetic spins stay disordered, defying the usual rules of magnetism. Scientists have made an exciting discovery about one such material.

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing ...

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