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Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay.

Thomas R. Farino Jr. ’67 and his wife Patricia Farino have made a $5 million gift to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...

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In a study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers found that lower sulphate concentrations in air combined ...

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A team of scientists have suggested a possible solution to the famously tricky black hole information loss paradox, first ...