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Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

Earth

Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

Physicists have achieved record temperature reductions of more than 40 °C using radiative cooling, which beams heat through the atmosphere

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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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Virgo cluster of galaxies

Space

Galaxy's rapid growth spurt may have spawned 3000 suns per year

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Physics

Super-you: Discover the physics genius inside your brain

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Health

Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

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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

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

Life

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

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Gravitational waves are ripples in space time that can be heard across the universe

Physics

LIGO turns back on to hunt for more gravitational waves

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Starfield where the neutron stars observed are located

Space

Quantum particles seen distorting light from a neutron star

Astronomers have at last observed polarisation of light by virtual particles in a neutron star's magnetic field, a long-expected quantum effect

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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Culture

Physics

Incredible physics behind the deadly 1919 Boston Molasses Flood

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Physics

5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics

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Space

Gravity may have chased light in the early universe

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