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Part of the setup for creating medium density amorphous ice

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Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel balls

A new type of ice called medium-density amorphous ice has the same density as liquid water, so studying it could help us understand water’s strange behaviour at low temperatures

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Why the most important topic in physics could be statistical mechanics

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Abstract red laser beam

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Doughnut-shaped laser used to create an optical fibre out of air

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Flickering flames

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Flames that don't flicker could make engines more efficient

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Replacement of the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel detector, Part2 Date: 07-03-2017 This week, one of the Large Hadron Collider?s experiments gets a ?heart transplant?. --- Physicists and engineers are replacing the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel #detector. This will improve CMS?s ability to make precise measurements on aspects of the Standard Model, including the properties of the #HiggsBoson. The #LHC and its experiments are currently preparing to wake up this spring, when the accelerator will begin to collide particles once more at close to the speed of light.

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Collision review: How CERN's stellar secrets became sci-fi gold

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Illustration of a pulse of electrons

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Shortest pulse of electrons ever created lasts just 53 attoseconds

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Neil Turok mirror universe

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Neil Turok on the case for a parallel universe going backwards in time

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hurricane-florence-viewed-from-the-space-station Astronaut Ricky Arnold, from aboard the International Space Station, shared this image of Hurricane Florence on Sept. 10, taken as the orbiting laboratory flew over the massive storm

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How AI is shifting the limits of knowledge imposed by complexity

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Money rolling off the printer

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Quantum money that uses the mathematics of knots could be unforgeable

A monetary system built using a combination of quantum computers and the mathematics of knots could be impossible to counterfeit

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The 50-year quest to find the particle that almost broke physics

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Physicists should take time to ponder the strangest ideas

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Crystal device could be used to build tiny particle accelerators

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Quantum camera takes images of objects that haven’t been hit by light

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