Physicists have used a cutting-edge quantum computer to simulate a complex particle theory in two dimensions. Unlike ...

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The study of elementary particles and forces is of central importance to our understanding of the universe. Now a team of ...

The study of elementary particles and forces is of central importance to our understanding of the universe. Now a team of ...

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The Canadian-built Atacama Cosmology Telescope in the high Chilean desert mountains, which has just given up its final batch ...

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