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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.

Potassium reacting violently in water

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Watch a classic chemistry lab explosion tamed to run in slow-mo

Remember seeing sodium or potassium catching fire and exploding in chemistry lessons? Now watch a new version run slow enough for you to see every detail

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Molecular model of the thermoplastic polymer polypropylene, consisting of long chains of the monomer propylene

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Libraries of plastic molecules could store huge amounts of data

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A view of one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider

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Physicists mourn as hinted particle vanishes in leaked LHC data

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Man peers at dangling circuitry

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Quantum computing race heats up as trapped ions rival microchips

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A space scene

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Ghost particles may explain why gravity is so surprisingly weak

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Gas leaving a galaxy

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Gas halo flips galaxies from bright young things into has-beens

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Mathematicians finally starting to understand epic ABC proof

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Squishy cubes with a secret smile could be used for prosthetics

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magnetic images

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See beautiful magnetic liquids bloom into stunning shapes

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Robert Byer

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How lasers found gravitational waves 鈥� and could hunt for aliens

Detecting gravitational waves is just the start, says Robert Byer: the next stops are giant space telescopes, satellite launchers and nuclear fusion power

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Dark matter no-show puts favoured particles on death row

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Error fix for long-lived qubits brings quantum computers nearer

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First superatom molecules pave way for new breed of electronics

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How to expose a fake nuke without revealing what’s inside

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