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quantum theory

Artist's impression of two quantum particles

Physics

Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

Quantum teleportation has only ever been performed with qubits, which have two dimensions. Now it’s been done with a 3D qutrit for the first time

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quantum artwork

Physics

Quantum weirdness isn't real – we've just got space and time all wrong

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A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

Physics

A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

Physics

Physicists who came up with supergravity win $3m Breakthrough Prize

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To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

Physics

To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

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Jim Al-Khalili

Physics

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili on Leeds United, Einstein and quantum biology

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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

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Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

Physics

Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

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Dark energy

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Dark energy

quantum mechanics

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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is the best tool we have to understand how the universe works on its smallest scales

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String theory

People in Science

Karl Popper

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Inductive reasoning

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How did the universe begin?

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