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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Conveying the quantum world is the ultimate challenge for artist duo Semiconductor, who turn the most abstruse scientific observations into captivating sensory experiences

Culture

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

News

Halo Jones: return of the 50th-century galactic adventurer

Space

Halo Jones: return of the 50th-century galactic adventurer

Culture

Bohr

Physics

What Is Real? A tale of how big egos hijacked quantum physics

Culture

roaming free

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Physics

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

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Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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Dragonfly wing

Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

Dragonflies solidify their jelly-like wings with sodium bicarbonate they make in their gut. Aerogels used for heat shields have been made using the same method

News

Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

News

Physics

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

News

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

Physics

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Features