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Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-timeThe stunning experiment, which reconstructs the properties of entangled photons from a 2D interference pattern, could be used to design faster quantum computers.
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'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatterIn this extract from the book 'The One Thing You Need to Know', author Marcus Chown explains how the Dirac Equation came to be.
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Distortions in space-time could put Einstein's theory of relativity to the ultimate testObserving time distortions could show whether Einstein's theory of general relativity accounts for the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
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World's heaviest Schrödinger's cat made in quantum crystal visible to the naked eyePhysicists have placed part of a sapphire crystal into a quantum superposition, making it the heaviest object to show quantum effects, in a new take on Erwin Schrödinger's famous cat experiment.
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There may have been a second Big Bang, new research suggestsWithin a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its invisible dark matter, new research suggests.
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Does reality exist when we're not looking?In quantum physics, particles exist in many states at once until you measure them. Can reality really work that way?
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Do quantum universes really exist?In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as the Many-Worlds interpretation or the Pilot Wave Theory, parallel universes may form every time a subatomic particle goes through any interaction.
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Does consciousness explain quantum mechanics?A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.
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Is all matter made up of both particles and waves?According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real?
