How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, three scientists formulate a new model: according to this, inflation, the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly artificial neural networks, have proved to be highly promising tools for ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

In 2025, the free the nipple movement is alive and well, though arguably it never really left. From Rachel Green’s perky nips in Friends to Samantha Jones’ unapologetic boobs in Sex and the City, the ...

Having been relatively upbeat for much of his post-match press conference after Tottenham’s defeat to Aston Villa, Thomas Frank's irritation appeared on the home straight. "Thomas, you talk about some ...

The study of the beam envelope radius—a parameter characterizing the transverse size and evolution of a particle beam along its propagation path—is fundamental to the particle accelerators application ...

Abstract: An innovative design of low profile in-phase Gysel power divider (PD) by introducing efficient modifications is presented. The conventional Gysel uses a half-wave line and two isolation ...

Abstract: Compared with conventional robots, soft structures such as living octopus arms and various soft-robot arms have more degrees of freedom (DOFs) and greater flexibility. Soft robot arms have a ...

We study the pass-through of corporate taxes into consumer prices, leveraging 1,058 municipal tax rate changes affecting 4,754 German firms. A 1 p.p. increase in a producer’s tax rate raises retail ...