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A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has made significant strides in understanding the ionization of atoms and molecules, a fundamental process in physics that has implications for ...

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have built a generative AI model that ...

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