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atomic physics

The ultraclean icicle and the droplet, after melting.

Technology

World’s cleanest drop of water reveals why nothing is ever truly clean

A thin film of molecular dirt coats everything the air touches. But until now, nobody knew what it was, or where it came from

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key artwork

Physics

This one particle could solve five mega-mysteries of physics

Features

Snapped spaghetti

Physics

We have finally figured out how to snap spaghetti into two pieces

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Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

Space

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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particles

Physics

How to think about... Particles

Features

time

Physics

How to think about... Time

Features

entropy

Physics

How to think about... Entropy

Features

Hawking's headstone

Physics

Stars gravitate to Stephen Hawking’s memorial service

Culture

Antimatter neutrinos caught shape-shifting between flavours

Space

Antimatter neutrinos caught shape-shifting between flavours

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The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

Physics

The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

The Higgs boson has been seen acting just as the standard model of physics predicts – which leaves us without clues to dark matter and other mysteries

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Physics

We've measured the pressure inside a proton and it's extreme

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Physics

Utterly bizarre theoretical 'fractons' could be made for real

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Life

Mould gets artistic to take particle decay photo to a new level

Regulars

Earth

Mystery honeycombs in rock may be created by water and salt

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