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Physicists have used entanglement to 'stretch' the uncertainty principle, improving quantum measurements

Almost a century ago, German physicist Werner Heisenberg realised the laws of quantum mechanics placed some fundamental limits on how accurately we can measure certain properties of microscopic objects.

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In a wild first, physicists used lasers to control lightning on a mountaintop

In a wild first, physicists used lasers to control lightning on a mountaintop

Scientists successfully guided lightning with lasers, which could improve storm safety and offer new physics insights.

Greg Cote: The Curse of the Miami Dolphins: Why it’s real — and all the ways it is back in full force

Albert Einstein, the acclaimed theoretical physicist, is credited with saying the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

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2022 in the search for aliens

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life was a fringe pursuit; now, experts are taking it seriously

Massive new physics project could finally find dark matter

Dark matter is an archetype of a missing phenomenon, but there are plenty of potential explanations for it.

Did physicists make a wormhole in the lab? Not quite, but a new experiment hints at the future of quantum simulations

Scientists made headlines last week for supposedly generating a wormhole. The research, reported in Nature, involves the use of a quantum computer to simulate a wormhole in a simplified model of physics.

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Scientists simulate ‘baby’ wormhole without rupturing space and time

Theoretical achievement hailed, though sending people through a physical wormhole remains in the realms of science fiction

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This tiny 2D wormhole could finally solve the biggest problem in physics

This tiny 2D wormhole could finally solve the biggest problem in physics

The experiment may eventually help tie together two contentious sides of physics, general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Research paves way for communications that cannot be hacked, scientists say

Research paves way for communications that cannot be hacked, scientists say

With cyber-attacks becoming more prevelent, quantum entanglement will allow future communications networks to be unhackable, scientits have said.

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Scientist awarded £2.5 million to advance quantum communications

Scientist awarded £2.5 million to advance quantum communications

Scottish professor is one of only four academics in the UK to be recognised through the Royal Academy programme

Physicists debunk 4 myths about quantum theory — including one that stumped Einstein

Physicists debunk 4 myths about quantum theory — including one that stumped Einstein

When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for research shedding light on quantum mechanics, it sparked excitement and discussion.

Is reality a simulation? A physicist explains how the truth may be revealed

Is reality a simulation? A physicist explains how the truth may be revealed

The nature of our reality is one of the greatest mysteries out there. There is some evidence suggesting that our physical reality could be a simulated virtual reality.

What is a ‘leap second’ and why are we saying goodbye to them?

What is a ‘leap second’ and why are we saying goodbye to them?

It’s time to work out exactly what to do with a problem that has become increasingly urgent, and severe, with the rise of the digital world.

107 years on, we are still testing Einstein’s theory of gravity — the results are getting weird

107 years on, we are still testing Einstein’s theory of gravity — the results are getting weird

Our new study, published in Nature Astronomy, has now tested Einstein’s theory on the largest of scales. We believe our approach may one day help resolve some of the biggest mysteries in cosmology, and the results hint that the theory of general relativity may need to be tweaked on this…

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Gravity: The final frontier

In a technological triumph for humankind, astronomers can now "hear" the echoes of unfathomably distant black holes

Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in

Paris (AFP) - Say hello to ronnagrams and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world's largest and smallest measurements, prompted by an ever-growing amount of data.

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Professor Brian Cox receives Hawking Fellowship at University of Cambridge

The scientist was awarded the fellowship by Hawking’s son Tim at the Cambridge Union Society.

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Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter

Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped with the wires needed to control the instruments inside. A beam of particles passes through the interior of the chamber silently at around half the speed of light until it…

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A trio of satellites could take a groundbreaking 360-degree photo of the sun

The Solar Ring is a new proposal for a trio of satellites that capture continuous, panoramic images of the Sun.

M Squared reveals quantum computing breakthrough

Prototype unveiled of the UK’s first commercial neutral atom quantum system

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‘One of the greatest damn mysteries of physics’: we studied distant suns in the most precise astronomical test of electromagnetism yet

There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws which physicists have been trying to explain for decades. It’s about electromagnetism, the law of how atoms and light interact, which explains everything from why you don’t fall through the floor to why the sky is blue.

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We tested Einstein's theory of gravity on the scale of the universe – here's what we found

Everything in the universe has gravity – and feels it too. Yet this most common of all fundamental forces is also the one that presents the biggest challenges to physicists. Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been remarkably successful in describing the gravity of stars and planets, but it…

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Four common misconceptions about quantum physics

Quantum mechanics, the theory which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, certainly has the X factor. Unlike many other areas of physics, it is bizarre and counter-intuitive, which makes it dazzling and intriguing. When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton…

New study finds the Universe has less dark energy than previously theorized

The elusive stuff makes up most of the Universe — and a new study hones in on how much there is and its nature.

Investing in breakthroughs to secure our quantum sovereignty

More than 400km above Earth is a lab on the International Space Station that uses quantum technology to study the building blocks of nature. Scientists use lasers to cool the atoms to the lowest known temperatures in the universe to study their fundamental physical properties in ways that would not…

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