The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards
20 September 2017
Jerome Cardano's gambling obsession spurred him to invent two of the most important theories in maths, laying the foundations of quantum physics
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Mirrored moat protects experiment searching for dark matter
20 September 2017
A vast water tank blocks unwanted particles so the XENON1T experiment in Italy can seek out elusive WIMPS – the particles that may make up dark matter
Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm
20 September 2017
A model of how wave forms of quantum systems collapse reveals a way they could create gravitational fields, and perhaps even reconcile two pillars of physics
Ultrafast lasers catch electrons relaxing after brief excitement
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Pulses of light that last billionths of a billionth of a second have helped unravel a mystery inside solid objects and could help us build better X-ray lasers
