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Hard but lightweight 鈥榖io-metal鈥� material discovered in sea worm jaws

Marine bristle worms have jaws made from a mix of proteins and metal ions that may constitute a whole new kind of material, with possible applications in engineering

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Physics

The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works

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Physics

We may finally know why gold stays so shiny

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Technology

Tiny ‘metajets’ could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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Physics

Weird ‘transdimensional’ state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D

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Physics

Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

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Physics

Physicists can now take control of ‘hidden’ friction in devices

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People searching for quasicrystals in a surreal pink and blue landscape, reminiscent of a quasicrystal's non-repeating atomic structure

Chemistry

Why quasicrystals shouldn鈥檛 exist but are turning up in strange places

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Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

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Digital artwork showing a lone human figure standing among jagged, glowing purple peaks that resemble an abstract mountain range, representing the hidden quantum landscape inside a solid.

Physics

We鈥檝e glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its full shape 鈥� and it could transform how we design materials

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Environment

Super-cool cement could stop buildings trapping heat inside

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Technology

Jacket that gets thinner when you sweat could help avoid overheating

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Chemistry

We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist

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Technology

X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful

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