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Credit: ACT Collaboration; ESA/Planck Collaboration New insights from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope offer unprecedented images of the universe at 380,000 years old, revealing movements and ...

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New research reveals light can behave as a supersolid, paving the way for advancements in quantum computing and optical technologies. In a breakthrough, Italian scientists have successfully ...

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We all know that freezing is the process by which a liquid transforms into a solid, but believe it or not, a team of Italian scientists has managed to 'freeze' light. For the first time, they have ...