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The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing

New research provides a general formula for understanding how layered materials form different surface patterns. CAMBRIDGE, Mass--The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too…

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Quantum sensor’s advantages survive entanglement breakdown

Preserving the fragile quantum property known as entanglement isn’t necessary to reap benefits. [caption id="attachment_3157" align="alignnone" width="639"] In the researchers' new system, a returning beam of light is mixed with a locally stored beam, and…

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Is Pluto a planet again?

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will arrive there on March 6. Pluto is the largest object in the Kuiper belt, and NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will arrive…