This Mysterious Cosmic Substance May Be Older Than the Universe Itself—And It Just Might Be Immortal
It drives the movements of stars and galaxies, but dark matter is invisible. While it remains a colossal mystery, a study revealed how staggering its age could be.
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Exascale Supercomputers Tracking Down Dark Matter, Dark Energy
U.S. National Laboratories (Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, and Oak Ridge) possess three of the world’s fastest exascale ...
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LLMs, Quantum Physics, and the Language of the Unthinkable
Like past innovations, LLMs are sparking a new sense of curiosity and wonder—and it is affecting our language.
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Half ice, half fire: The bizarre new magnetic spin state
Scientists have discovered a surprising magnetic spin phase where order and disorder mix, challenging old ideas.
The quantum leap: How a weird reality at subatomic scale has changed our world
It’s been 100 years since a young German unlocked the mysteries of quantum mechanics. See how that gave us smartphones, GPS, MRIs. See what’s next.