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Made out of a fluorescent protein, the qubit is just 3 nanometers in diameter, scientists report August 20 in Nature. By hitting the protein with laser light, tweaking it with microwaves and observing ...

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...

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It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.

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Researchers have spent 10 years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and ...