By PHILIP HOPKINS THE Yallourn power station is likely to remain open longer because the large-scale battery technology to [...] ...

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In 1951, Columbia’s Charles Townes came up with the idea for the device that led to the laser. It earned him a Nobel Prize.

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For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without ...

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The University of Chicago, where Fermi split the atom in 1942, is becoming the center of a new form of advanced technology.

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Nestled in ICON Park along Orlando’s bustling International Drive, the Museum of Illusions stands ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about how your eyes and brain work together.