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Largest 3D map of our universe could 'turn cosmology upside down'
Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, may be weakening, challenging prevailing theories of cosmology.
Avi Wigderson wins $1 million Turing Award for using randomness to change computer science
The 2023 Turing Award has been given to Avi Wigderson . The mathematician found that adding randomness into algorithms made them better at solving nondeterministic problems.
Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who predicted the Higgs boson, dies at 94
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.
Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
Scientists made the coldest large molecule on record — and it has a super strange chemical bond
A four-atom molecule has broken the record for coldest large molecule.
How do lasers work?
First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago, lasers have shaped our modern technological landscape. But how do they work?
Bose-Einstein condensate: The fifth state of matter
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."
Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holes
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.
Rare 'super-diamonds' may already exist on other planets, and could be made on Earth, study hints
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.
'Emergent gravity' could force us to rewrite the laws of physics
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.
