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Japanese cosmology centre secures long-term future

Tokyo institute receives $7.5m endowment from US-based Kavli Foundation

Neutrinos point to rare stellar fusion

Borexino catches the first glimpse of pep reaction

Listening with a 'quantum ear'

Tiny microphone could pave the way for quantum acoustics

Physicists create new slow-light technique

Electromagnetically induced transparency seen in nuclear system for first time

How supercontinents are born

Geological model predicts merging of North America and Asia

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