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Hydrothermal activity detected for the first time in the underwater volcano between Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Experts issue warning.
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There's a small chip at the centre of many fast-growing technologies, including AI data centres, quantum computing and national defence systems. This chip, a type of photonic device, uses photons ...
You’ve seen people sliding into the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine on your favorite medical drama, or maybe you’ve been inside one yourself, waiting as the noisy scanner makes ...
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