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NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS following upgrades to mini-fridge-sized quantum labA new set of upgrades to the International Space Station’s Cold Atom Laboratory is allowing NASA to probe quantum mechanics at the coldest possible temperatures while in zero gravity.
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Physicists develop the first working model of quantum mechanics using only 'real' numbersPhysicists have built a real-number version of quantum mechanics that makes all the same predictions as the standard theory, resolving a question that's simmered since the field began.
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Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a 'mini-universe' in his labBy ignoring part of his own experiment, a physicist coaxed time to emerge from within a closed quantum system.
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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 particlesPhysicists 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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