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Scientists discover elusive ‘dance’ of electrons, atoms that kill electricity

The answer is not a simple particle but a composite entity. A polaron is formed when an electron strongly couples with the ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

Engineers test photonic AI chips in space

In a new milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, ...