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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.

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The wonder particle: How axions could solve more than just dark matter

Physicists are coming to realise that hypothetical particles called axions could explain not only dark matter, but dark energy too, and more besides. Now there is fresh impetus to detect them

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Physicists find ultimate limit for how accurate clocks can be

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Illustration of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray hitting Earth

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A mysterious, incredibly energetic cosmic ray has smashed into Earth

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Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum

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Tiny lasers can be made from soap bubbles

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Ultracold atoms in space will let us stress test Einstein’s relativity

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A woman receiving radiation therapy for breast cancer

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First practical use for nuclear fusion could help cancer treatment

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An artist's impression of three merging black holes

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Why the quantum universe is weirder than you think

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Physicists have invented a new way to shake a martini

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Bubble collisions underwater may create tiny droplets in sea spray

We have long struggled to explain why sea spray contains so many tiny water droplets 鈥� now, experiments suggest the droplets may be created underwater when bubbles collide and merge

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Our sketchy understanding of the big bang is ripe for reimagining

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A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter鈥檚 origins

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Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts 鈥榬ed matter鈥� study

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Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking rules of causality

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