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Quantum computer designs heat-radiating window coating
Notre Dame researchers have used quantum computing to design a transparent
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Molten salt reactors, a type of nuclear reactor first explored in the 1950s,
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A new instrument aboard the International Space Station has been used to
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Latvian startup BeTRITON’s amphibious electric tricycle will take you from the
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