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Nuclear fusion energy record points way to harnessing power of the sun

The nuclear fusion experiment at the Joint European Torus in Oxford on 21 December saw a ball of super-hot plasma sustained for 5 seconds

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Joint European Torus

Technology

Fusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

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A barn owl in flight

Physics

Giving drones barn owl-like tails may make them more efficient flyers

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Do we create space-time? A new perspective on the fabric of reality

Physics

Do we create space-time? A new perspective on the fabric of reality

Features

Strongest ever magnetic field fails to make predicted exotic particles

Physics

Strongest ever magnetic field fails to make predicted exotic particles

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carbon nanotubes

Physics

Quantum friction explains strange way water flows through nanotubes

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Physics

Advances in physics may seem abstract at first but tech often follows

Leader

The Large Hadron Collider blips that could herald a new era of physics

Physics

The Large Hadron Collider blips that could herald a new era of physics

Features

SACO, ME - JUNE 10: American Shad swim past the observation window in Brookfield Renewables', Cataract hydro electric station fish passage on the Saco River, in Saco, on Thursday, June 09, 2016. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Life

Swimming in a school may help fish hear dolphins’ ultrasound clicks

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Tardigrade

Physics

Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled

A tardigrade cooled to near absolute zero and placed in a state of quantum entanglement survived its ordeal

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Physics

Photons could be ‘split’ in two to create a weird new form of light

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Technology

Material inspired by blood vessels can extract uranium from seawater

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The Leidenfrost effect: Levitating droplets bounce off each other

Video

Physics

Strange quantum effect predicted 30 years ago has now been observed

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