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Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Space

Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Physicists have long puzzled over whether black holes destroy information or conserve it – now a proposed lab experiment could use a plasma wave to find out

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multiverse artwork

Physics

Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

Features

No sign of seasonal dark matter after four years of searching

Physics

No sign of seasonal dark matter after four years of searching

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microscopic metal membrane

Technology

Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

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Physics

Physicists can't agree on what the quantum world looks like

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floating man

Physics

Antigravity: Discovering if antimatter falls upwards

Features

ALPHA experiment at CERN

Physics

Antimatter atom trapped and measured with a laser for first time

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Third-ever natural quasicrystal found in Siberian meteorite

Earth

Third-ever natural quasicrystal found in Siberian meteorite

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Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

Technology

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

Life

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

An attempt to make more efficient solar cells shows that green light might be the least useful hue – maybe that's why plants reflect it

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Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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Space

Quantum particles seen distorting light from a neutron star

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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Culture

Physics

5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics

Features

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