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New Kind of Magnetism Discovered
Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind...
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New Form of Quantum Computation Will Challenge Ordinary Computers
You’ve heard the hype a hundred times: Physicists hope to someday build a whiz-bang quantum computer that can solve...
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A Backdoor Way to Do Experiments on Exotic Gravitational Physics
The whole point of an explanation is to reduce something you don’t know to something you do. By that...
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Higgs Data Reveals Fundamental Structure of Matter
The 12 matter particles we know about are all the types there are, according to researchers analysing CERN data....
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Hawking, CERN Scientists Win Huge Physics Prize
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation is awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British...
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James Gates: The Pain and Pleasures of Science
As a ball rolled down an incline, young Sylvester James Gates, along with the other students in his class,...
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Quantum Code Sent on Common Fibre
The “uncrackable codes” made by exploiting the branch of physics called quantum mechanics have been sent down kilometres of...
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Simulation: Quantum Leaps
Fully fledged quantum computers are still a long way off. But devices that can simulate quantum systems are proving...
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Popular Physics Theory Running Out of Hiding Places
Supersymmetry, or SUSY, has gained popularity as a way to explain some of the inconsistencies in the traditional theory...
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Quantum ‘Kisses’ Change the Color of Air
The movement of electrons across tiny distances between metals has the power to change the colour of the gap....