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A super-Earth orbiting its red-dwarf

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Are there planets that are better for life than Earth?

Philosophers have long debated whether Earth is the best of all worlds. More powerful telescopes are finally giving us a better chance of answering this question, writes astronomer Chris Impey

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Come explore the quantum realm – it isn’t as confusing as it seems

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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

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Caption Illustration of the double-slit experiment, showing a plane wave (top left) passing through a screen with two gaps. The gaps act as new wave sources and the wavefronts bend to create two sets of circular waves radiating outwards. These two new waves create an interference pattern as they interact. At the point where a wave peak from one hits a wave peak from another, or a trough hits a trough, they reinforce each other; their magnitudes are summed. This is known as constructive interference. Where a trough hits a peak, they cancel each other out. This is known as destructive interference.

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Light interacts with its past self in twist on double-slit experiment

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2HX73TA Theoretical physics quark and gluon simulation. 3D illustration

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Protons seem to be a different size depending on how you look at them

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Scientists can calculate the shape colliding bubbles will form

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Scientists can calculate the shape colliding bubbles will form

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The ATLAS detector at the LHC

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CERN measurement casts doubt on shocking W boson result

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Ultra-fast random number generator uses quantum fluctuations

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A render of a quantum computer

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Ultra-thin superconducting ink could be used in quantum computers

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Stephen Hawking’s parting shot is a fresh challenge to cosmologists

The physicist’s final theorem, about why the universe seems fine-tuned for life, contains some provocative predictions. Will they be as fruitful as his insights into black holes?

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Supersized atoms could help quantum computers link to optical fibres

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Stephen Hawking's final theorem turns time and causality inside out

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'Red matter' superconductor may not be a wonder material after all

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80,000 mouse brain cells used to build a living computer

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