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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect

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Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may separate a particle from its momentum

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Newton’s first law says that objects move at constant speeds until a force affects them

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Newton’s first law appears to break down in the quantum realm

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Exotic pentaquark particle found at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

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Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

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Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

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A computer-generated model of a quasicrystal pattern

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Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads for a week

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Bizarre portal-like ‘ring wormholes’ could let you time travel

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Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlled with a laser

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Gravitational waves spark hunt for cosmic strings and dark matter

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Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby vehicles or bright sunlight can interfere. A system using entangled photons could help the vehicles avoid obstacles

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Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

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Gravitational waves produce a background hum across the whole universe

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The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

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Scandium superconducts at the highest temperature for a pure element

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