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Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

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The day quantum computers break the internet

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First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from

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We may finally know why gold stays so shiny

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Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

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The early moments of the nuclear blast on 16 July 1945

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Photos reveal unexpected details from the world’s first atomic test

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Odd 鈥渂utterfly鈥� molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

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Science doesn’t have a monopoly on good ideas

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Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?

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Colourful smears across the screen slowly form beautiful flowers

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Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I’ve found the answer

The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist Jo茫o Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal

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Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time

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Frank Close: Finding the building blocks of the universe

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The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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300-year-old experiment could become world’s best dark matter detector

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