Physics

  1. Quantum Physics

    Quantum weirdness survives space travel

    Quantum weirdness travels from Earth to space and back again.

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  2. Materials Science

    Butterfly-inspired nanostructures can sort light

    Scientists re-created a nanostructure found on butterflies that can separate out circularly polarized light, a characteristic that may be useful for telecommunications.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    Schrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once

    The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.

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  4. Physics

    The center of Earth is younger than the outer surface

    Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts the center of the Earth is two years younger than the crust.

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  5. Climate

    Zapping clouds with lasers could tweak planet’s temperature

    Breaking up the ice particles inside cirrus clouds could make them reflect more light, turning them into a tool to combat global warming.

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  6. Astronomy

    Stephen Hawking finds the inner genius in ordinary people

    Ordinary people wrestle with big questions in science and philosophy in Genius, a new television series hosted by Stephen Hawking.

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  7. Quantum Physics

    Physicists smash particle imitators

    A new quasiparticle collider smashes together the faux-particles that appear in solid materials.

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  8. Particle Physics

    Large Hadron Collider starts its 2016 physics run

    Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider are taking data for the first time in 2016.

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  9. Quantum Physics

    Communicating covertly goes quantum

    Researchers are working to make quantum messages that are undetectable.

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  10. Particle Physics

    Readers ponder gravity wave physics

    Gravitational waves, the benefits of fat and more reader feedback.

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  11. Particle Physics

    A weasel has shut down the Large Hadron Collider

    A tiny furball brought Earth’s most powerful particle accelerator to its knees this morning.

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  12. Particle Physics

    Theorists perplexed by hints of unexpected new particle

    Hints of a potential new particle at the LHC have scientists excited, and theoretical physicists are beginning to converge on explanations.

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