Claudio Chamon will join the Purdue University College of Science beginning fall 2025. Photo by Frank Curran. Quantum science is the next frontier in scientific achievement and Purdue University is ...

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Science journalism is reporting on the symptoms of a disease whose origins lie in an economic model that’s at odds with the ...

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