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particle physics

Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

Physics

Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

Quantum objects exist as clouds of possibilities, only manifesting as something definite when we look at them. The implication is that we make reality – but objectivity may yet be rescued

Features

This is what makes the quantum world so strange and confusing

Physics

This is what makes the quantum world so strange and confusing

Features

Ant in the outdoors

Video

How ants use soil physics to excavate metre-long tunnels

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Q1: Photograph of the silicon quantum circuit being connected to a circuit board in preparation for measurement. (credit: Serwan Asaad)

Technology

Using microwave beams could let quantum computers be small but mighty

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States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

Physics

States of matter: The unthinkable forms beyond solid, liquid and gas

Features

Google researchers made a time crystal inside a quantum computer

Physics

Google researchers made a time crystal inside a quantum computer

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Quantum computer

Technology

Google demonstrates vital step towards large-scale quantum computers

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crab nebula

Space

Crab nebula blasted out some of highest-energy gamma rays ever seen

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

Technology

China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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Can a new collider reveal the last secrets of the Higgs boson?

Physics

Can a new collider reveal the last secrets of the Higgs boson?

The most famous subatomic particle has revealed nothing we didn’t expect – so far. Now physicists want to build a “Higgs factory” to better interrogate it for signs of new physics

Features

Technology

Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

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People in Science

Emmy Noether

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The Meaning of Meaning: Carlo Rovelli finds inspiration in rebellion

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Physics

Carlo Rovelli’s rebellious past and how it made him a better scientist

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