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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.

shark scales

Life

Sharks鈥� tooth-like scales help to boost their acceleration rates

We suspected that tooth-like scales help sharks slip more easily through water, and now we know the effect is most pronounced when the sharks accelerate

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A concept image of a quantum computer processor

Physics

Quantum hyperchaos could help build better quantum computers

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froghopper

Physics

Physicists find best way for insects to avoid collisions when jumping

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Physics

The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

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Physics

How every galaxy comes from quantum fluctuations billions of years ago

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Physics

Everything we know about the universe 鈥� and a few things we don’t

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Magnetic fields

Physics

We may be able to find magnetic fields from the start of the universe

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Humans

If the multiverse exists, are there infinite copies of me?

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Humans

Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife 鈥� but don’t bank on it

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sound waves

Physics

Superfluid used to make sounds that might be heard in neutron star

Nobody will ever hear the sounds produced inside a neutron star, but we have created what might be the next best thing using lithium atoms that behave like a superfluid

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Physics

A quantum computer that measures light has achieved quantum supremacy

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Physics

Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

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Physics

Armoured liquid marbles connected together in a chain 1.7 metres long

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Physics

The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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