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There is a general distinction between U. S. and European scientists which became patent last week when five Nobel Laureates from Europe* joined two from the U. S.† at the convention of the American ...

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In 1920, Danish physicist Niels Bohr proposed that although light (photons) has a dual nature, behaving as both particle and wave, it’s impossible to observe this duality at the same time. This is ...