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materials science

origami

Technology

Fold your own universe with our cosmic origami decoration

The Miura fold is used in fields ranging from space flight to surgery, but it also makes an amazing decoration you can build at home – download the template here

Features

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

Technology

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

Life

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

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figure in road

Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Culture

melting toy

Technology

Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic

Features

universe

Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here – we think

Features

Visualisation of electron leaving atom

Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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Shrinking material

Technology

Material that shrinks in heat can weather extreme temperatures

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man and forge

Technology

Impossible alloys: How to make never-before-seen metals

Features

Plastic flower blooms thanks to its own internal molecular clock

Technology

Plastic flower blooms thanks to its own internal molecular clock

Shape-shifting putty that can morph at a given time without an external trigger may be useful for creating medical implants that transform inside the body

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Space

Reality guide: Six problems physics can't explain

Features

Space

Reality guide: The essential laws of quantum physics

Features

Space

Reality guide: Six radical ideas to change physics

Features

Physics

Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

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