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![Prof Peter Higgs opens Collider Exhibition at The Science Museum.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Zf7sQ9tZxGWhDz54EkBoHg-320-80.jpg)
Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who predicted the Higgs boson, dies at 94
By Stephanie Pappas published
Celebrated theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, best known for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson, has died at the age of 94 after a short illness.
![A view inside the KSTAR reactor chamber.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rDwY7trgNkqjrkwBLtKcpG-320-80.jpg)
Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds
By Ben Turner published
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
![Blue glowing interstellar plasma field in deep space, computer generated abstract background, 3D rendering.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AVHup3SBpUaribnMCe4zY5-320-80.jpg)
Scientists made the coldest large molecule on record — and it has a super strange chemical bond
By Victoria Atkinson published
A four-atom molecule has broken the record for coldest large molecule.
![Green laser beam coming from a hand-held laser pointer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Kj787myigx7CRGnq8wSBU-320-80.jpg)
How do lasers work?
By Joanna Thompson published
First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago, lasers have shaped our modern technological landscape. But how do they work?
![Velocity-distribution data (3 views) for gas of rubidium atoms, confirming the discovery of a new phase of matter, the Bose–Einstein condensate. Left: just before the appearance of a Bose–Einstein condensate. Center: just after the appearance of the condensate. Right: after further evaporation, leaving a sample of nearly pure condensate.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fi6Ggmq7NQqEhsKeE74VPd-320-80.jpg)
Bose-Einstein condensate: The fifth state of matter
By Jesse Emspak last updated
A Bose-Einstein condensate is a strange form of matter in which extremely cold atoms demonstrate collective behavior and act like a single "super atom."
![An artist's illustration of a whirlpool.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9LrpJpULzXvzUEtLpMBELS-320-80.jpg)
Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holes
By Ben Turner published
Physicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused by black holes.
![A close-up image of a diamond's shimmering facets on a rainbow background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L7aYqcxgDhgqCJkm47ty4n-320-80.jpg)
Rare 'super-diamonds' may already exist on other planets, and could be made on Earth, study hints
By Stephanie Pappas published
A simulated form of carbon called BC8, or 'super-diamond', could be 30% tougher than normal diamonds, but synthesizing it on Earth won't be easy.
![The full view of the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals a 50 light-years-wide portion of the Milky Way’s dense center. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y6C7mqSUN8XqrmmEGV79mM-320-80.jpg)
'Emergent gravity' could force us to rewrite the laws of physics
By Paul Sutter published
The idea of emergent gravity is still new and requires a lot of assumptions in its calculations to make it work. But if experimental evidence ever proves it real, we would need to totally rewrite the laws of physics.
![The number pi written out on a blackboard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TubD4kEAtmc9NDfa43Jw3-320-80.jpg)
Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits, smashing world record
By Harry Baker published
A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to complete and used up 1 million gigabytes of data.
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