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A physics professor names Todd Ditmire has the most powerful laser yet. He is working to make one that can produce an exawatt of power. An exawatt is equal to 1000 quadrillion-watt units. The U.S. electrical grid holds up to a terawatt which is one-millionth of a exawatt. To read more, click here. It is [...]

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Curling is a sport where athletes slide granite across a court of ice and use large brooms to sweep in front of the 42 pound granite stone. This is commonly misconceived as melting ice to make the stone slide farther, however Canadian physicist Tom Jenkyn disagrees. Canada is funding a program to study Winter Olympic sports [...]

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