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Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

Physicists can observe complex molecules without disrupting them by linking them up to a charged atom, giving a new way to probe fundamental physics

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Technology

Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

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Physics

5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

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Humans

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

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Space

Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

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Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

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Physics

Peter Higgs on knowledge, immortality and the future of physics

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Technology

Inside knowledge: Why we'll never know everything

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Space

Inside knowledge: Is information the only thing that exists?

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Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

One of the most chemically strange stars we know could chart a path to the so-called "island of stability", where massive yet relatively stable atoms exist

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Physics

How dark matter lost its shine for me

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Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works

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Technology

Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century

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Physics

The string-loop theory that might finally untangle the universe

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