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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

Environment

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

An attempt to make more efficient solar cells shows that green light might be the least useful hue 鈥� maybe that's why plants reflect it

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Health

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

Physics

Quantum particles seen distorting light from a neutron star

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figure in road

Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

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Front page of the Boston Dail Globe with a headline about the Boston molasses flood

Physics

Incredible physics behind the deadly 1919 Boston Molasses Flood

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telescopes

Physics

5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics

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Colourful lines of light against a black background skirt around a marble

Physics

Gravity may have chased light in the early universe

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Mars's dry surface

Environment

A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm

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Postage stamp of mathematician Sierpinski

Physics

Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem

A group of maths enthusiasts pooled their computer power to discover a new prime number, edging closer to a solution to the decades-old Sierpinski problem

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Physics

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Environment

Old 51动漫: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

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Mystery cosmic radio blasts come with side of gamma rays

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Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here 鈥� we think

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