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Researchers at UBC have found a way to mimic the elusive Schwinger effect using superfluid helium, where vortex pairs appear ...

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George Tynan followed a nonlinear path to fusion.Following his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering, Tynann's work ...

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Philanthropy backs bold science as federal funds shrink. Schmidt Polymaths support Saad Bhamla’s work on biomechanics of ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds.

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