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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out

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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

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The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

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At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

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Could Israel’s bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

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Morse code messages can be trapped in bubbles within blocks of ice

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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of an aurora taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on August 15, 2015

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The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology

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Giant atoms ‘trapped’ for record time at room temperature

Putting unusually large atoms in a box with cold copper sides helped researchers control them for an unprecedented 50 minutes at room-temperature, an improvement necessary for building more powerful quantum computers and simulators

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Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time – and now we know how

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Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

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Physicist Frank Close’s new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

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