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There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

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IISc researchers connect Ramanujan’s century-old pi formulae with modern physics, uncovering surprising mathematical structures.

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Because this record survived, we know more about ancient Chinese history, the rotation of the Earth, and past solar activity ...

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Physicists have demonstrated with unprecedented accuracy that the speed of light remains constant. In 1887, a landmark physics experiment was carried out by American researchers Michelson and Morley.