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New Scientists can calculate the shape colliding bubbles will form

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¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs can calculate the shape colliding bubbles will form

An experiment with soap bubbles shows how they assume different shapes when two of them touch, and at which size they will merge into one

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The ATLAS detector at the LHC

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CERN measurement casts doubt on shocking W boson result

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Ultra-fast random number generator uses quantum fluctuations

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A render of a quantum computer

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Ultra-thin superconducting ink could be used in quantum computers

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Lawrence Jackson/AP/Shutterstock (6360330b) Stephen Hawking Professor Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge, makes remarks at an event marking the 50th anniversary of NASA,at George Washington University in Washington Hawking NASA, Washington, USA

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Stephen Hawking’s parting shot is a fresh challenge to cosmologists

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Supersized atoms could help quantum computers link to optical fibres

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Stephen Hawking with Thomas Hertog, in Hawking's office

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Stephen Hawking's final theorem turns time and causality inside out

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Red matter superconductor

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'Red matter' superconductor may not be a wonder material after all

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80,000 mouse brain cells used to build a living computer

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80,000 mouse brain cells used to build a living computer

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Cosmic Tumbles, Quantum Leaps review: Embodying Schrodinger's cat

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Cosmic Tumbles, Quantum Leaps review: Embodying Schrodinger's cat

This physics-inspired circus performance enthralled attendees of the American Physical Society’s March Meeting, but a casual observer may have missed some of the scientific concepts that performers enacted

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The physicist betting that space-time isn't quantum after all

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How are the atoms that form us forged across the universe?

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'Red matter' superconductor could transform electronics – if it works

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Antimatter neutrinos detected from a nuclear reactor 240 km away

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