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Researchers from Ca' Foscari University of Venice have uncovered insights into ancient pottery forming techniques using X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT). The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, reveals how advanced 3D imaging can reconstruct the complex processes behind Middle Bronze Age Cretan ceramics, offering a new methodology for analyzing ancient pottery.

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Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy dissipation in friction and the design of two-dimensional materials capable of minimizing energy loss.

Eminent theoretical physicist Roman Jackiw, MIT professor emeritus of physics, died at age 83. A faculty member for more than 50 years, he made fundamental contributions to quantum field theory and discovered topological and geometric phenomena.

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These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine.

The word "open" is often thrown around in describing AI transparency, but the companies and groups calling for it must themselves be open about their practices

In a quest to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers have used logical rules to calculate how much Einstein's theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly.