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The End of Friction
A Tsinghua team grew single-crystal graphite films that slide with nearly zero friction at the macroscale. Two orders of magnitude past where physics said it should fail.
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· PhysicsUsing Cosmic Rays to Catch Nukes in Space
An MIT researcher proposed using cosmic rays and a shoebox-sized satellite to verify the Outer Space Treaty's nuclear weapons ban for the first time in 58 years.