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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

Physics

The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm, from known particles like quarks and the Higgs boson to hypotheticals including the fifth force and strings in 11 dimensions

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Space

We may finally know how Hawking's black hole paradox could be solved

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A feather made using the technique

Technology

Origami glass technique produces hard-to-make shapes

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Physics

Ultra-fast random number generator uses quantum fluctuations

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A render of a quantum computer

Physics

Ultra-thin superconducting ink could be used in quantum computers

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Physics

Supersized atoms could help quantum computers link to optical fibres

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Titan and Saturn as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Space

Quantum effects could be key to the chemistry of life on Titan

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Google's Sycamore quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computers may finally have their first real practical use

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Red matter superconductor

Physics

'Red matter' superconductor may not be a wonder material after all

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Cosmic Tumbles, Quantum Leaps review: Embodying Schrodinger's cat

Physics

Cosmic Tumbles, Quantum Leaps review: Embodying Schrodinger's cat

This physics-inspired circus performance enthralled attendees of the American Physical Society’s March Meeting, but a casual observer may have missed some of the scientific concepts that performers enacted

Culture

Physics

'Red matter' superconductor could transform electronics – if it works

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Space

How to understand wormholes and their weird quantum effects

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Humans

Creature review: Human nature is key to a sci-fi ballet

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Physics

Quantum computers that use 'cat qubits' may make fewer errors

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