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Why does nature create patterns? A physicist explains the molecular-level processes behind crystals, stripes and basalt columns

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Using ‘spooky action at a distance’ to link atomic clocks

The researchers show frequencies of spatially separated clocks can be compared more precisely

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Univ. of Michigan’s ZEUS will be most powerful laser in US

A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week

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Space satellite proves a crucial test of Einstein's theories

Gravity as we know it is safe for now. The MICROSCOPE mission sought to test the Weak Equivalence Principle from general relativity in space, finding it held up.

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Folded diamond has been discovered in a rare type of meteorite

A “folded diamond” doesn’t sound entirely plausible. But that’s exactly what we’ve found inside a rare group of meteorites known as ureilites, which likely came from the mantle of a dwarf planet or very large asteroid that was destroyed 4.56 billion years ago in a giant collision.

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Curious Kids: what is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes?

What is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes? – Julia, aged 14, London

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This revolutionary new technology pulls clean fuel from the air

A new device creates hydrogen fuel from air by capturing it with a spongy material and sending it through electrodes. It could produce clean fuel anywhere on Earth.

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Galactic forecast: Diamond rain

Bizarre planetary weather conditions, like diamond precipitation, may be more common than scientists thought

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CERN considers switching Large Hadron Collider to ‘idling’ mode amid energy crisis

CERN said the plans were being drawn up in case it is warned it needs to use less energy

Evening Standard

A sneaky interloper behind our galaxy’s center complicates the search for dark matter

Is it dark matter or pulsars giving off weird gamma rays? The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is giving astronomers a possible headache.

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No Gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy solve an astronomical puzzle

A glowing blob known as “the cocoon”, which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the centre of our galaxy dubbed the “Fermi bubbles”, has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012.

The Hindu

The big idea: why relationships are the key to existence

From subatomic particles to human beings, interaction is what shapes reality

The Guardian - UK

Opinion: Physicists can now use lasers to move atoms in previously untested ways

Physicists describe how they manipulated atoms in an unusual state of matter wherein they act much more like a single, wave-like structure than a group of individual particles.

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Quantum technology: Thailand forges ahead in science and technology

Over the years, quantum technology has been researched in advanced countries worldwide, including Thailand which is now speeding up its research to enable wider impacts for future generations.

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Physicists accidentally re-created a rare, weird galaxy in the lab

A computer simulation of a supermassive black hole surprised astrophysicists by producing a rare type of X-shaped radio galaxy.

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We don't know if dark matter exists. So why do astronomers keep looking?

Scientists know very little about the matter that makes up the galaxies in the Universe. About 20% of the matter in galaxies is visible or baryonic: subatomic particles like protons, neutrons and electrons. The other 80%, referred to as “dark matter”, remains mysterious and unseen.

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New Webb telescope observations throw a wrench in our understanding of the Big Bang

The latest Webb observations do reveal some strange and unexpected things about the universe

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Our atom-moving laser sculpts matter into weird new shapes – new research

Getting atoms to do what you want isn’t easy – but it’s at the heart of a lot of groundbreaking research in physics.

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Google Doodle pays tribute to Indian physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani

Anna Mani was an Indian physicist and meteorologist, who retired as the Deputy Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department

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NASA Has Released Audio From Inside A Black Hole And I’m Never Sleeping Again

NASA has released audio of the inside of a black hole for humans to hear for the very first time and it is terrifying.

The Guardian - UK

Peter Tanner obituary

Other lives: Research physicist who worked on a number of inventions that went on to make key contributions to British life

The Conversation

What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time

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The search for dark matter

In a gold mine at the edge of a rugged mountain range, scientists are searching for something no-one has ever seen.

Inverse

Bizarre black holes and dark matter conspired to make the universe as we see it

Primordial black holes could have pulled matter toward it to trigger stellar formation, but matter consumed by a black hole also heats nearby gas, causing it to push away.

The Guardian - AU

Laboratory to study dark matter opens 1km under Australian town – with no bananas allowed

From deep inside a gold mine in Stawell, Victoria, researchers are hunting for the invisible substance thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe

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