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Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward ...

As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...

Scientists say the path to commercial fusion power may hinge on better ways to measure the behavior of superheated plasma.

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