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Scandium superconducts at the highest temperature for a pure element

Two independent teams of researchers found that putting the silvery metal scandium under extreme pressure makes it into a superconductor at a temperature higher than any other element on its own

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Environment

How you can help save Britain's rivers by becoming a citizen scientist

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Technology

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

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Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

Physics

Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

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Quantum computers could be built that are based on sound

Physics

Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device

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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

Culture

City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors to fight extreme heat

Environment

City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors to fight extreme heat

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The are thosands of small pieces of junk orbiting Earth (as well as thousands of satellites)

Physics

Quantum sensors could detect space debris from its gravitational pull

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The material glows green under force

Chemistry

3D-printed material glows green under pressure or friction

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Sunlight coming out of the optical fibre

Physics

Sunlight could cool an atom to its coldest possible temperature

Sunlight transmitted through an optical fibre could be used to help cool a single charged atom to a temperature only a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero

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Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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Justin Cronin on the books, films and TV that inspired The Ferryman

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Technology

'Fluxonium’ is the longest lasting superconducting qubit ever

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Physics

Fundamental law of physics demonstrated using quantum objects

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