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The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which ...

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Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new computational approach to help identify two-dimensional ...

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...