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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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Like its theme, “digestion,” the 35th Ig Nobel prizes will make you laugh and think hard to digest the meaning of all the ...

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The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly ...