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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.

Split photon

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Photons could be 鈥榮plit鈥� in two to create a weird new form of light

Physicists have shown that "splitting" particles of light into so-called Majorana bosons, a feat long thought to be mathematically impossible, may be achievable

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An artistic representation of electrons

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DeepMind AI helps study strange electrons in chemical reactions

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Planet Earth and Sun. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

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Mysterious origin of Earth’s water may be explained by solar wind

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Physics

Soft yet strong gel keeps its shape after being run over by a car

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Leidenfrost effect
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The Leidenfrost effect: Levitating droplets bounce off each other

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Three cloudy mineral rocks are set against a black background

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Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs

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Water Drops Macro Shot. Leidenfrost effect.

Physics

Watch droplets bounce off each other as they levitate on a hot plate

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Blue laser light being used in experiment

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Strange quantum effect predicted 30 years ago has now been observed

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Humans

13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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WHY is there something rather than nothing?

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Why is there something not nothing? The big bang isn鈥檛 the only answer

The idea that the universe started in the big bang revolutionised 20th-century cosmology. But it seems increasingly unlikely it was a case of something from nothing

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Why is the universe intelligible? Things aren鈥檛 as clear as we think

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Physics

Why is quantum theory so strange? The weirdness could be in our heads

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Why is there a cosmic speed limit? It could even be why we’re here

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Why does time only move forwards? Possibly just because we鈥檙e ignorant

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