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In the 1940s, US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led a team of 4,000 people to develop the world's first atomic bomb.

The phenomenon of entanglement, described by Einstein as “spooky action at a distance,” is getting the Marvel treatment. Physicist Chad Orzel explains how it works.

The remains of 95 Māori and Moriori ancestors along with 6 Toi moko (Māori mummified tattooed heads), and taonga Māori are being repatriated from seven institutions across Germany. On Wednesday 15 June, Te Papa will hold a private repatriation pōwhiri ...

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An account of J. Robert Oppenheimer's disastrous time at Cambridge, followed by a rejuvenation and coming of age at Göttingen.

Quantum computing drives a desperate need for quantum encryption. This megatrend is creating a multi-billion-dollar security market.

Optics and photonics awards go to Professor Marin Soljacic as well as alumni Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Turan Erdogan, Harold Metcalf, and Andrew Weiner.

Five MIT affiliates are among 17 recipients of the 2023 Optica Awards and Medals that celebrate those in the optics and photonics field who are making significant technical, research, education, business, leadership, and service accomplishments.

Around the same time as Kronecker obtained his doctorate, Gauss’ star pupil Riemann also transferred to Berlin, where he stayed for two years before returning to Göttingen in 1849. The German university system at the time allowed students to easily move from one university to another. Dedekind, Riemann’s closest contemporary transferred to Berlin as well. They both received their habilitation in 1854. Afterwards they both returned to Göttingen as Privatdozents

According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real?