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Tiny engine

Physics

Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun

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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

Physics

Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

Features

Physics

Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

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Flower-like origami patterns could inspire folding spacecraft

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Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

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Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector

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We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed

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Extremely cold atoms defy entropy and refuse to heat up

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Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

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Organ-on-a-chip. This is a microfluidic device that simulates biological organs.

Physics

This book could convince you to become an engineer

From DNA sequencing to rainbows, the world of microfluidics is well-served by Albert Folch's book How the World Flows, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Culture

Physics

Oddly viscous stars could be impersonating black holes

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Molecule's tiny quantum jiggle imaged in unprecedented detail

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What happens to light's energy when it redshifts? It's complicated

Comment

Physics

Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?

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