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How reversibility becomes irreversible
A new framework shows how lost information in quantum systems gives rise to macroscopic entropy and the arrow of time
How a Single Parameter Reveals the Hidden Memory of Glass
Glass may look just like a normal solid, but at the microscopic level it behaves in surprisingly complex ways
Rethinking how quantum phases change
A new framework explains direct transitions between ordered states, offering insights into real quantum materials
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What shape is a uranium nucleus?
The STAR collaboration has released new results based on their imaging-by-smashing technique revealing uranium-238 could actually be pear-shaped
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Wave scattering explained
A team of researchers have extended Berry’s well-known geometric-dynamic decomposition from the wave-evolution phase to a distinct class of wave scattering problems
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How green is green hydrogen?
Researchers reveal that green hydrogen cuts emissions compared to fossil fuels, but only outshines other clean options in a handful of carefully chosen applications
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Quantum states that won’t entangle
New research has emerged, showing when quantum systems are absolutely separable and fundamentally non-entangled
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The secret limits governing quantum relaxation
A new proof has emerged, confirming the universal speed limit on quantum relaxation, and providing new insights on how it works
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Practical impurity analysis for biogas producers
A centralised sampling and GC‑ICP‑MS method supports a reliable siloxane and sulfur measurement
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How do bacteria produce entropy?
A team of researchers from King’s College and Imperial College London have proposed a new way to calculate entropy production in active matter systems
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Laser processed thin NiO powder coating for durable anode-free batteries
CO2 infra-red Laser modified NiO powder coating on Cu suppresses dendrite formation, and enables reversible Lithium plating and stripping over 700 stable cycles
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A surprising critical state emerges in active nematic materials
A transition in active nematics produces slow, strongly interacting defects, a behaviour confirmed in living cells
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Non-Abelian anyons: anything but easy
A team of researchers from the USA have observed spontaneously broken rotational symmetry in fractional quantum Hall states
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Mapping electron phases in nanotube arrays
A nanotube lattice reveals how electrons shift between 1D and 2D quantum phases under voltage control
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CMS spots hints of a new form of top‑quark matter
A threshold excess in top–antitop production hints at toponium‑like physics and supports non‑relativistic QCD models
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