Simulations reveal Anderson transition for light in 3D disordered systems
The Anderson transition is a phase transition that occurs in disordered systems, which entails a shift from a diffusive state ...
A Mathematician Who Makes the Best of Things
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of ...
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Hypervelocity star drags fastest exoplanet through space at 1.2 million mph
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.
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Scientists Discover ‘Groundbreaking’ Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...
Greetings from the fourth dimension: Scientists glimpse 4D crystal structure using surface wave patterns
Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology made the discovery that would later earn him the 2011 ...