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Comesa is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. Comesa was formed in December 1994

Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around. Oselote/iStock via Getty ImagesA group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that has revolutionized how scientists study the electron – by illuminating molecules with attosecond-long flashes of light. But how long is an attosecond, and what can these infinitesimally short pulses tell researchers about the nature of matter? I first learned of this area of research as a...

The trio devised methods for creating the tiniest slices of light.

The trio devised methods for creating the tiniest slices of light.

"There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night." -A.H. Reginald Butler