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It is thought that the earliest spark of a lightning bolt could arise directly from charged ice crystals. Yet the exact ...

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The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a “magic” form of quantum entanglement.

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Particle accelerators have been responsible for revolutionary scientific breakthroughs, but the tech behind them isn't as ...

Energy that would normally go to waste inside powerful particle accelerators could be used to create valuable medical ...

Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of ...

Aerosols are tiny particles of liquid or solid material that drift through the air and are constantly present in our surroundings. Some are big enough to spot, like spring pollen, while others, ...

Physicists have long known how lightning ends, in a blinding discharge that can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun, ...

Scientists develop a microscopic heat engine that achieves 100% efficiency, accomplishing what seemed impossible.