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Quantum teleporter creates laser beam clones
ByJeffHechtQuantumphysicistshavemovedbeyondteleportingindividualphotonstoimitatingaclassicscience-fictionscenario–ateleportationmachinethatgeneratestwonear-identicalcopiesoftheoriginal.Inthefifthepiso...
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A World of Fire: A heretic, an aristocrat and the race to discover oxygen
ByMichaelBondTHEdiscoveryofoxygeninthelate18thcenturywasasremarkableforthecharactersinvolvedandthepoliticalandsocialenvironmentinwhichtheyworkedasfortheinnovativescience.Itwastheageofrevolution–Americ...
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Quantum foam blows away naked singularity
ByAmarendraSwarupNAKEDsingularitiesandcosmiccensorshipmaysoundlikeluridtermsfromthetabloids...
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Sights set on quantum froth
ByAmarendraSwarupIMAGINEdrivingalongastraightroadfullofpotholes.Verylikely...
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Superfast pulsar breaks the rules
INAcrowdedstarclusternearthecentreoftheMilkyWayisapulsarthatrotatessofast...
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Protons are lighter than thought, which may solve a big puzzle
WilliamAndrew/GettyBySophiaChenTheprotonhaslostalittleofitsbulk.Afreshattempttopindownitsmass...
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The unbearable elusiveness of gravitons
ByMarcusChownWHATmakesgravitysospecial?Inoureverydaylives...
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Mathematical photography – beyond beauty
ByJustinMullinsTHEBritishphilosopherandlogicianBertrandRusselloncewrote:“Mathematics...
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Are days numbered for 'bubble fusion'?
THEprospectofcheapenergyfromtabletop“bubblefusion”seemsasfarfromrealityasever...
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Editorial: Canada and the Kyoto Protocol
WHATofthosefearsexpressedbeforetheCanadianelectionthataConservativepartywinwoulddamagetheKyotoprotocol?StephenHarper...
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The word: Mesoscopic
WANTtobuildacarthesizeofagrainofsugar?Oranaircraftnobiggerthanamosquito?Itisevenharderthanitsounds–andnotjustbecauseassemblingsmalldevicesisfiddly.Thingsaredifferentonthemesoscopicscale.Youwillf...
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Editorial: Small science is still powerful
PHYSICSisoftenawaitinggame.Exploringthedeepestfoundationsofrealityisrarelystraightforward.Taketestsofrelativity...
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Lasers beams build and hold nanoscale structures
ByWillKnightAformofmatterheldtogetherbynothingmoresubstantialthanlighthasbeencreatedbyphysicistsintheUK.Themethod...
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Banknote tracking helps model spread of disease
ByWillKnightTrackingthemovementsofhundredsofthousandsofbanknotesacrosstheUScouldprovidescientistswithavitalnewtooltohelpcombatthespreadofdeadlyinfectiousdiseaseslikebirdflu.Moderntransporthastransform...
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Life inside a black hole
ByPaulWessonWEALLknowwhathappensifyoufallintoablackhole.It’snotpretty–yougetrippedlimbfromlimbbeforevanishingdowntheplughole.However...
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It’s not you – solving a Rubik’s cube quickly is officially hard
MarkoMrkonjic/PIXSELL/Pixsell/PAImagesByEvelynLambIfyouthoughtsolvingaRubik’scubewasdifficult...
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Water gave life on Earth a guiding hand
ByZeeyaMeraliTHEmysteryofwhynaturefavourstheleft-handed–atleastwhenitcomestoaminoacids–mayhaveasimpleanswer.Itcouldallbedowntoanobscurepropertyofwater.Whenaminoacidsaremadeinthelab...
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Bubble fusion makes a comeback
ByMarkAndersonDREAMSofatable-topnuclearfusionreactorjustwon’tgoaway.Thelatestglimmerofhopecomesfromanexperimentinsonofusion–thesupposedphenomenoninwhichimplodingbubblesinspeciallypreparedliquidsaresai...
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Black holes: The ultimate quantum computers?
ByMaggieMcKeeNearlyalloftheinformationthatfallsintoablackholeescapesbackout...
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Neutrinos could help explain missing antimatter
ByAnilAnanthaswamyNeutrinosproducedbyanuclearreactorinChinaarechangingfromoneflavourtoanothermorerapidlythanexpected.Theresultmeansphysicistscouldsoonexplainwhytheuniverseisfilledwithmatterinsteadoffe...
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Neutrino funding crunch could be good news for protons
ByAnilAnanthaswamyHardtimesfortheUS’slargestneutrinoexperimentcouldhaveanunexpectedupside...
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What to call the particle formerly known as Higgs
ByValerieJamiesonArosebyanyothernamemightsmellassweet...
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Physics 'demon' reveals fundamental heat of forgetting
ByStephenBattersbyWE’REusedtothewasteheatproducedbyelectricalwiresandcarbrakes.Notsofamiliaristheheatcreatedbyerasingadigitalmemory.Nowanexperimentinspiredbyametaphoricaldemonhasmeasuredthisfundamenta...
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Spider silk spun into violin strings
ByStephenBattersbyVideo:WhataviolinwithspidersilkstringssoundslikeSpidersmightsoongiveyougoosebumpsinagoodway.Strandsofspidersilkhavebeenusedtomakeviolinstringsthathaveauniqueandthrillingsound...
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Is the LHC throwing away too much data?
ByLisaGrossmanandMaggieMcKeeIT’Sthesortofthingthatkeepsparticlehuntersupatnight.WhatiftheLargeHadronCollideronlyturnsuptheHiggsbosonandnothingelse?Thatnightmarewouldleavethehuntfornewphysicsatadea...
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Medieval modern master: Colour decoded before its time
ByMichaelBrooksMODERNsciencehasasimplestory.ItbeganintheRenaissancewiththerevolutionaryobservationsofCopernicusandGalileo...
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Conflicting Higgs results muddy particle hunt
ByLisaGrossmanTheplotisthickeningforthestill-hiddenHiggsboson.TwoUS-basedexperimentsreportnew...
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Astrophile: Square galaxy is a rebel
ByCelesteBieverandStephenBattersbyAstrophileisourweeklycolumnoncuriouscosmicobjects...
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How to dismantle a nuclear reactor
ByFredPearceReadmore:“Resilientreactors:Nuclearbuilttolastcenturies“Bythestartof2012...
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Have we summoned the mysterious Majorana fermion?
ByMichaelBrooksYouwait70yearsforaMajoranafermion...
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Snakes on an inclined plane control scales to climb
ByLisaGrossmanVideo:SnakeslithersupaninclineWhetheraserpenttemptedEvetoeatapplesfromtheTreeofKnowledgeisupfordebate...
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Pattern master wins million-dollar mathematics prize
ByJacobAronImagineIpresentyouwithalineofcardslabelled1throughton...
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Constants clash on pi day
ByJacobAronFeelingalittlemorecircularthanusualtoday?That’sbecause14March...
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Ancient sound waves sculpted galaxy formation
ByAnilAnanthaswamySoundwavesthatrangoutintheearlyuniversesculpteditsstructure.Thebestmeasurementyetoftheirimprintongalaxiesisaboontodark-energystudies.About30...
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Peaceable matter-antimatter pairs glimpsed in the lab
ByRichardWebbinBostonandCelesteBieverUpdate:TheevidenceforMajoranafermionsdescribedbelowhasnowbeenpublishedinthejournalScience...
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Higgs is not the only particle in town
YES…no…yes…maybe.TheLargeHadronColliderisbackinbusinessbuttheHiggsbosonisprovingaselusiveasever...
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US judge rules that you can't copyright pi
ByStephenOrnesThemathematicalconstantpicontinuestoinfinity...
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Poll consensus on million-dollar logic problem
ByJacobAronThebiggestproblemincomputerscienceremainsunsolved...
