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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Conveying the quantum world is the ultimate challenge for artist duo Semiconductor, who turn the most abstruse scientific observations into captivating sensory experiences

Culture

The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

Physics

The LHC has found the Higgs works perfectly - which is a problem

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Quantum computers are weirder and more powerful than we thought

Physics

Quantum computers are weirder and more powerful than we thought

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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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Bacteria teach us how to make green fuel from carbon dioxide

Physics

Bacteria teach us how to make green fuel from carbon dioxide

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Watch the weird new solutions to the baffling three-body problem

Physics

Watch the weird new solutions to the baffling three-body problem

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Quantum stopwatch could be the best in the universe

Physics

Quantum stopwatch could be the best in the universe

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‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

Physics

Grape skins and stems can be turned into a greener plastic

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Bohr

Physics

What Is Real? A tale of how big egos hijacked quantum physics

The quantum story is all brilliant insights, flawed male scientists – and few female ones. To progress, we may need to dump our prejudices, says a new book

Culture

Physics

Upend atom! We've found a whole new way of doing chemistry

Features

Physics

We've measured the pressure inside a proton and it's extreme

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Earth

Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

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Earth

The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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