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Technology

Leaf-inspired material makes different liquids flow in opposite ways

Inspired by a type of spiky evergreen leaf, researchers have come up with a material that forces different fluids to flow in opposite directions – even uphill

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New Scientists are often cautious or wrong – and that’s OK

Humans

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs are often cautious or wrong – and that’s OK

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Artist's impression of a black hole in space

Space

Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure

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Gravitation waves around black hole in space 3D illustration

Space

Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves

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Mind

Woman loses ability to feel hungry after stroke damages her brain

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Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of chloroplasts from the yellow portion of a yellow/green variegated Coleus blumei plant. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis, the process that synthesises carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight. The structure of a variegated chloroplast is slightly different from that of a normal green chloroplast. The granal stacks, formed from parallel thylakoids (membranes, bright lines), that contain the chlorophyll pigments are less ordered in the variegated chloroplast. The pigments themselves are also slightly different. Magnification: x14,300 when printed at 10cm wide.

Physics

From photosynthesis to navigation, life may exploit quantum effects

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Young women preparing and canning fresh homemade strawberry jam, she pouring him into a jar

How to make delicious jam according to science

Regulars

Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

Physics

Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

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Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

Physics

Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

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What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

Physics

What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

In principle, there should be no limit on how large objects can get and still display quantum behaviour like superpositions. Physicists testing the idea hope to reveal clues about quantum gravity

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Physics

Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory

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Physics

Can quantum effects in the brain explain consciousness?

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Physics

Why is it so difficult to find a viable quantum theory of gravity?

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Physics

Quantum Darwinism: Can evolutionary theory explain objective reality?

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