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The Miocene, beginning approximately 23 million years ago, represents a canonical "warm-Earth" interval characterized by elevated atmospheric CO2 and a warmer global climate. The El Niño–Southern ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.

Discover the impressive power of a miniature hydraulic press in this hands-on experiment. Watch as various fruits and a raw egg are compressed, then learn step-by-step how to build your own hydraulic ...

A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric ...

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Anthony J. Leggett, who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003 for discovering that the anomalies in his colleagues' experiments were in fact signs of a scientific breakthrough -- that the rare gas ...