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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…

Until now, I’d hung on to an irrational childhood fear of the exploding pressure cooker, but I’ve recently rediscovered just how fast and efficient they are

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

Susan Scott receives Blaise Pascal medal from European Academy of Science

An Australian has won an international science medal for ground-breaking discoveries in general relativity, cosmology and gravitational wave science.

A new study suggests that nuclear fusion reactors could work best when scientists purposefully destabilize it.

“No one can hack it because they can’t read it,” David Awschalom says. “Because the act of looking at it changes it. Destroys it.”

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs, appeared in Ukraine's skies recently. Loeb weighs in on the data

How will the three laureates’ groundbreaking experiments using entangled photons clear the way for new technology based on quantum information? What are the applications in the world of computers, crypted communication and secure networks?

The Nobel Prize in physics this year has been awarded “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”.

Nobel prize given for establishing what was once seen as metaphysical