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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

What is time and why does time flow? Is it just an illusion? Answering these questions is still one of physics’ greatest challenges

Features

Diamond anvils being used to put pressure on hydrogen sample

Physics

Metallic hydrogen finally made in lab at mind-boggling pressure

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Avogadro project experiment, involving counting atoms in a silicon sphere

Physics

Vacuum transfer advance will help redefine kilogram next year

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Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Space

Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

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Physics

Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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Technology

Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

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Physics

Physicists can't agree on what the quantum world looks like

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Physics

Antigravity: Discovering if antimatter falls upwards

Features

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

Technology

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

Life

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

An attempt to make more efficient solar cells shows that green light might be the least useful hue – maybe that's why plants reflect it

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Space

Quantum particles seen distorting light from a neutron star

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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

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Space

Gravity may have chased light in the early universe

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Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here – we think

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