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Scientist of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, December 15, 2025. Anatoly Doroshenko

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The man who crawls into the perilous heart of the Chernobyl reactor

Ever since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists have needed to monitor radioactive conditions inside. That job currently falls to Anatoly Doroshenko, who explains the dangers and importance of his work to 91av

Chernobyl 2022

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Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

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Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time

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Physicists resolve a long-standing puzzle over the size of a proton

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Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Particles seen emerging from empty space for first time

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How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end

Cracked blue bowl with equations, stars, planets and galaxies decorating its exterior. It is cracked but golden glue sticks it back together.

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We’re solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together

CERN upgrade: Inside the world’s largest scientific experiment

The world's largest particle smasher is due an upgrade, but is there anything left to discover?

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A once-fantastical collider could answer physics’ biggest mysteries

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How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

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Computer finds flaw in major physics paper for first time

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Temperature gets a new definition using a quantum device