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Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a ...

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The key test passed by sPHENIX to prove it is ready to measure the properties of quark-gluon plasma is called a "standard ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

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