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CERN

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Peek inside a gilded cage of liquid argon made to spot neutrinos

This huge shiny cube is just a 1/20th scale model of the planned DUNE neutrino detector. It will be filled with liquid argon to catch these elusive particles

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What if the diminutive electron isn’t as small as it gets?

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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes

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Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman

Humans

Mosquitoes: Staring into the heat death of the universe

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The geometry that could reveal the true nature of space-time

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The LHCb experiment at CERN

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LHC pops out a new particle that could test the strong force

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Pointer on circular weighing scales

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Protons are lighter than thought, which may solve a big puzzle

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A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

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A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored

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Two footballers

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Footballers move around pitch like chaotic particles in a fluid

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Time, mass and custard provide the physics in <i>The Earthworks</i>

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Time, mass and custard provide the physics in The Earthworks

Tom Morton-Smith’s one-act romance captures a turning point in particle physics, says Stewart Pringle

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Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

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Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

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Physics

5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

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Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

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