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    Category: Physics

    An incendiary form of lightning may surge under climate change

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    Zeelamo 15/04/2023

    Here are the Top 10 science anniversaries of 2022

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    An ‘everlasting’ bubble endured more than a year without popping

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    Zeelamo 08/02/2022

    The quantum ‘boomerang’ effect has been seen for the first time

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    Zeelamo 08/02/2022

    Vinegar eels can synchronize swim

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    Zeelamo 08/02/2022

    A century of quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality

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    Zeelamo 13/01/2022

    Antiprotons show no hint of unexpected matter-antimatter differences

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    Zeelamo 05/01/2022

    The only known pulsar duo sheds new light on general relativity and more

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    Zeelamo 13/12/2021

    Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter

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    Zeelamo 07/12/2021

    Scientists finally detected a quantum effect that blocks atoms from scattering light

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    Zeelamo 22/11/2021

    New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap

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    Zeelamo 17/11/2021

    A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei

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    Zeelamo 15/11/2021

    A stunning simulation re-creates how M87’s black hole launches plasma jets

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    Zeelamo 10/11/2021

    Neutron star collisions probably make more gold than other cosmic smashups

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    Zeelamo 03/11/2021

    A rush to watch a supernova exposed its last gasp before exploding

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    Zeelamo 02/11/2021

    Doubt cast on theorized ‘sterile’ particles leaves a neutrino mystery unsolved

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    Zeelamo 27/10/2021

    Here’s the physics of why ducklings swim in a row behind their mother

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    Zeelamo 20/10/2021

    An atomic clock measured how general relativity warps time across a millimeter

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    Scientists are one step closer to error-correcting quantum computers

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    Zeelamo 04/10/2021

    These colorful butterflies were created using transparent ink

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    Whirling maple seeds inspired these tiny flying sensors

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    Zeelamo 22/09/2021

    One of nature’s key constants is much larger in a quantum material

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    Zeelamo 21/09/2021

    New ‘vortex beams’ of atoms and molecules are the first of their kind

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    Zeelamo 02/09/2021

    Physicists caught protons ‘surfing’ on shock waves

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    Zeelamo 29/08/2021

    ‘Flashes of Creation’ recounts the Big Bang theory’s origin story

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    Zeelamo 24/08/2021

    50 years ago, physicists thought they found the W boson. They hadn’t

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    Zeelamo 24/08/2021

    With a powerful laser blast, scientists near a nuclear fusion milestone

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    Zeelamo 19/08/2021

    How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality

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    Zeelamo 05/08/2021

    A bounty of potential gravitational wave events hints at exciting possibilities

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    Zeelamo 05/08/2021

    Black holes born with magnetic fields quickly shed them

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    Zeelamo 03/08/2021

    With Steven Weinberg’s death, physics loses a titan

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    Zeelamo 03/08/2021

    These weird, thin ice crystals are springy and bendy

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    Zeelamo 22/07/2021

    A study of Earth’s crust hints that supernovas aren’t gold mines

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Morphing noodles start flat but bend into curly pasta shapes as they’re cooked

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    A newfound quasicrystal formed in the first atomic bomb test

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Record-breaking light has more than a quadrillion electron volts of energy

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Laser experiments suggest helium rain falls on Jupiter

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    In a first, neutrinos were caught interacting at the Large Hadron Collider

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Nuclear clocks could outdo atomic clocks as the most precise timepieces

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Physicists dream big with an idea for a particle collider on the moon

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Mathematician J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was a Manhattan Project standout despite racism

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    Physicists used LIGO’s mirrors to approach a quantum limit

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    Zeelamo 21/07/2021

    A proposed ‘quantum compass’ for songbirds just got more plausible

    Scientists could be a step closer to understanding how some birds might exploit quantum physics to navigate. Researchers suspect that some songbirds use a “quantum…

    Zeelamo 21/07/2021
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