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The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

Physics

The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

We’ve finally made a room-temperature superconductor, so materials that transport electricity without wasting any of it are within our grasp

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How every galaxy comes from quantum fluctuations billions of years ago

Space

How every galaxy comes from quantum fluctuations billions of years ago

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Everything we know about the universe – and a few things we don't

Space

Everything we know about the universe – and a few things we don't

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2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer

Technology

2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer

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Ten keys to reality with Frank Wilczek

If the multiverse exists, are there infinite copies of me?

Humans

If the multiverse exists, are there infinite copies of me?

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Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife – but don't bank on it

Humans

Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife – but don't bank on it

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sound waves

Physics

Superfluid used to make sounds that might be heard in neutron star

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Fusion power plant

Technology

UK takes step towards world's first nuclear fusion power station

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Technology

Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan

Sleuthing with satellite images has revealed a substantial and undocumented expansion to a suspected nuclear processing plant in Pakistan, a possible sign the country is boosting capacity for its nuclear weapons programme

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Space

The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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Space

The Orion Nebula is now visible in the sky - here’s how to find it

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Why the vast emptiness of space isn't really that empty after all

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Environment

The UK's nuclear waste could be buried underground in Cumbria

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