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Chemistry

Quantum dots help destroy ‘forever chemicals’ with light

Shining light through nanocrystals helps break down PFAS without the need for extreme heat or pressure

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Physics

A slight curve helps rocks make the biggest splash

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Physics

Particle physicists may have solved a strange mystery about the muon

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Chemistry

Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever

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Physics

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

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Physics

A microscopic diving board can cheat the second law of thermodynamics

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Physics

You can turn any random sequence of events into a clock

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Physics

Laser helps turn an electron into a coil of mass and charge

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Technology

Cosmic rays can help synchronise the global financial system

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Physics

Physicists determined the paper most likely to give you a paper cut

An experiment with a robot and gelatine determined that 65-micrometre-thick paper is the most prone to slicing our skin – but it can also make for a handy recyclable knife

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Physics

How physics is helping us to explain why time always moves forwards

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Physics

Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a quantum computer

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Physics

Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie in black holes

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Physics

Quantum ‘super behaviour’ could create energy seemingly from nothing

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