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'The greatest unknown was how much energy would be released by the weapon': How scientists prepared for the Trinity nuclear test -
'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles35 Comments
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CERN shuts down Large Hadron Collider until 2030 for powerful new upgradesThe Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher, has shut down for a planned four-year upgrade that will make it 10 times more sensitive than its initial version.
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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists sayFor decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular level.
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'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles
Physicists have found that splitting a photon would lead to a complex state that may change the way we think of particles.
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The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physicsBy using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise clocks and new ways to search for dark matter.
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Richard Feynman's forgotten notes on 'the restaurant problem' finally decipheredResearchers cracked a 50-year-old math problem scribbled by Richard Feynman over lunch. The equations show that humans are better decision-makers than scientists once thought.
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Why can't we figure out how strong gravity is?Life's Little Mysteries Despite dozens of experiments over the years, scientists still don't have a precise measurement for gravity's strength. Why is that?
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Physicists achieve 'perfect randomness' for the first time everPhysicists used quantum bits to achieve "perfect randomness" in a world-first experiment. The results of their research could strengthen cryptography and other security systems.
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Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real in mind-bending quantum experimentA new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so.
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How likely are you to find a message in a bottle?Opinion Have you ever wondered how likely it is to find a message in a bottle, especially an old one? Let's do the math.
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