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First fluid knots created in the lab

Physics

First fluid knots created in the lab

Mathematical knots cannot be untied – and now they have been made in water, a feat that could boost our grasp of aircraft wings and quantum superfluids

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Physics crunch: Time to boost the energy?

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Physics crunch: Time to snare neutrinos?

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Quantum skyfall puts Einstein's gravity to the test

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Physics crunch: Higgs smashes into a dead end

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Physics crunch: Higgs smashes into a dead end

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Physics crunch: Seven experiments to change it all

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Earth's mantle helps hunt for fifth force of nature

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Earth's mantle helps hunt for fifth force of nature

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Harness vast power of quantum computers… for sums

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Sand-grain-sized drum extends reach of quantum theory

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A computer cosmos will never explain quantum physics

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A computer cosmos will never explain quantum physics

Ever since Isaac Newton, we have relied on the notion that the universe works like a computer. It's time to question this assumption, says physicist Ken Wharton

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The quantum Sims: Matter's deepest mysteries recreated

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Solved? 80-year-old puzzle of the infinite sphere

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Photosynthesis: The emergence of quantum biology

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Beating heart of a quantum time machine exposed

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