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A major European research effort is beginning as Tampere University leads a €4.4 million Doctoral Network focused on high-power optical vortices, a form of twisting light with remarkable potential.

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A team of astronomers studying the distribution of galaxies in nearby space has discovered something truly extraordinary: a ...