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Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory

Quantum theory can’t be the final answer and some theorists are exploring new ways to formulate physical laws – and yet there is no guarantee that any theory can completely describe the universe

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Can quantum effects in the brain explain consciousness?

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Can quantum effects in the brain explain consciousness?

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

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Quantum Darwinism: Can evolutionary theory explain objective reality?

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Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

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Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

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This is what makes the quantum world so strange and confusing

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This is what makes the quantum world so strange and confusing

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Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

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This artist?s rendering shows a NIF target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the target to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur. Ignition experiments on NIF are the result of more than 50 years of inertial confinement fusion research and development, opening the door to exploration of previously inaccessible physical regimes

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Huge lasers make conditions at the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

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Using microwave beams could let quantum computers be small but mighty

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States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

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States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

From time crystals to supersolids, we keep discovering extraordinary new kinds of matter – now the true challenge is being able to predict what we'll find next

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Google researchers made a time crystal inside a quantum computer

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How is gold made? The mysterious cosmic origins of heavy elements

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Strange 3D-printed shapes test 150-year-old mathematical theory

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New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking

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