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The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a joint mission between the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ...

In high-intensity laser–matter interactions, including laser-induced particle acceleration, physicists generally want to work ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

By combining a custom-built optical instrument with physics-based modeling and machine learning, the study shows that leaf-level optical properties ...

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new approach that addresses the limitations of generative AI ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

The former, a repurposed Electrolux facility, went online in September 2024, only 122 days after construction began. The ...

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