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Physics

Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

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The day quantum computers break the internet

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The day quantum computers break the internet

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Physics

First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from

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Physics

We may finally know why gold stays so shiny

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Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

Physics

Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

Features

The early moments of the nuclear blast on 16 July 1945

Physics

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

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Physics

Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

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Science doesn't have a monopoly on good ideas

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Physics

Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?

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Colourful smears across the screen slowly form beautiful flowers

Physics

Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer

The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal

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Physics

Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time

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Frank Close: Finding the building blocks of the universe

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Physics

The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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Physics

300-year-old experiment could become world's best dark matter detector

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