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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

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Quantum time crystals could be used to store energy

The weird thermodynamics found in time crystals could be harnessed to store energy in a quantum battery-like device

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Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow

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2C6F140 Atoms and their electron clouds , Quantum mechanics and atomic structure

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You can’t put a price on the sense of awe particle physics inspires

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Jets of liquid bounce off hot surfaces without ever touching them

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Quantum Rubik’s cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable

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Knots made in a weird quantum fluid can last forever

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2X1H226 Klosterneuburg - Sir Roger Penrose during interview with Austria Presse Agentur at Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria on 21st May 2015. Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. - 20150521_PD11744 - Rechteinfo: Rights Managed (RM)

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What is the price of genius, asks biography of Roger Penrose

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Heat can flow backwards in a gas so thin its particles never touch

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We’ve seen particles that are massless only when moving one direction

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There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow

Alan Turing's theories about computation seem to have a startling consequence, placing hard limits on how fast or slow any physical process in the universe can grow

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Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners

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Quantum batteries could give off more energy than they store

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Quantum ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ survives for a stunning 23 minutes

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Rich biography of Marie Curie shows how she helped women into science

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