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Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

EMO Hannover 2025 was held in Hanover, Germany from September 22–26, bringing together a global cross-section of the metalworking supply chain. With more than 90,000 manufacturing professionals ...

Since the third Gaia data release in 2022, wide binary stars with separation greater than several thousand astronomical units have been intensely investigated across the world, to probe the nature of ...

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Scientists in China have leveraged AI to solve Isaac Newton's kissing number problem in dimensions 25-31, where work had ...

An EEG (electroencephalogram) is a painless test that uses small sensors placed on the scalp to measure the brain's ...

The kidneys are vital organs that sustain life by filtering the blood and producing urine. This filtration process takes ...

Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

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Machine learning algorithms that output human-readable equations and design rules are transforming how electrocatalysts for ...

A laser-written glass chip shows how fragile quantum signals can be decoded with high stability and low loss, offering a new ...