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Using a new method, physicists found a way to 'catapult' electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second.

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Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its ...

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China's massive Sky Dragon and Matrix aircraft are suitable for up to 10 passengers, or more than one ton of cargo.

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