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Read article: Laser-cooled YbOH molecules could aid the hunt for new physics Ultracold matter Research update Laser-cooled YbOH molecules could aid the hunt for new physics Producing a cold beam of these complex polyatomic molecules may lead to more precise searches for an electron electric dipole moment, say researchers
Read article: How Feynman diagrams transformed physics History Opinion and reviews How Feynman diagrams transformed physics Robert P Crease examines why Feynman diagrams have proved so useful
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