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How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more

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Physics

Hints of exotic dark matter particles could be hiding in LHC data

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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Physics

What it’s like to run the world’s best dark matter detector

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Even in our digital world, materials still matter

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Physics

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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Physics

Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

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Physics

Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

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Technology

It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster

A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver – and efforts to sidestep this problem are too inefficient for practical use

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Physics

We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed

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Physics

Extremely cold atoms defy entropy and refuse to heat up

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Physics

Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

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Tiny discs can levitate in the upper atmosphere using sunlight alone

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