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Tricking the Uncertainty Principle: Researchers at Caltech find a way to sidestep the quantum "noise" that limits the precision of ultrasensitive position measurements

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The tiny aluminum device—only 40 microns long and 100 nanometers thick—in which Caltech researchers observed the quantum noise from...

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The shrinking of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

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Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. This downsizing, which is...

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Rosetta’s target comet is becoming active

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Comet develops a coma

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Cascading dunes in a martian crater

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Rabe crater perspective view

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NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Wrapping Up Waypoint Work

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The Mars Hand Lens Imager on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover provided this nighttime view of a hole produced by the rover's...

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Interlayer detector for ion beam milling processes

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New insight into thermoelectric materials may boost green technologies: A U of Miami physicist and his collaborators find remarkable thermoelectric properties for a metal that may impact the search for materials useful in power generation, refrigeration o

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Lithium purple-bronze (LiPB) is a thermoelectric material comprised of aligned conducting, zig-zag chains of molybdenum and oxygen (left...

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Magnetar Formation Mystery Solved?

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Magnetars are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions. They are the strongest magnets known in the Universe —...

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