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Yicong Fu, a first-year Ph.D. student, studies how natural systems like fish gills solve problems that continue to challenge ...

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Explore 25 universe mysteries scientists are still scratching their heads over, from dark matter to the Big Bang's secrets.

With a carefully designed experiment and a handful of tin atoms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville's physicists have found a ...

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