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Physics

Maxwell's demon imagined by physicists really exists inside our cells

Proteins in the cell membranes of most organisms act like the hypothetical “demon” imagined by James Clerk Maxwell in 1867, which was thought to break the laws of physics

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Physics

Why Isaac Newton's laws still give physicists a lot to think about

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New Scientists working on Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment

Physics

Muons are still behaving oddly, which could break particle physics

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Newton’s first law says that objects move at constant speeds until a force affects them

Physics

Newton’s first law appears to break down in the quantum realm

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Society

Who is researching and shaping science is more crucial than ever

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An illustration of a pentaquark

Physics

Exotic pentaquark particle found at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

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Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

Physics

Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

Features

A computer-generated model of a quasicrystal pattern

Physics

Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads for a week

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Physics

Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlled with a laser

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Technology

Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a quantum computer

A group of 51 superconducting qubits have been entangled inside a quantum computer, not just in pairs but in a complex system that entangles each qubit to every other one

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Physics

Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

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Physics

The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

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Technology

Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers

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Technology

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

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