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Bubbles

Technology

Watch a blast of sound turn floating drops into bubbles

Sound can counteract gravity, making droplets float in the air. It can also turn them into bubbles, which could prove useful for creating hollow materials

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Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

Physics

Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

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Radio antenna

Technology

Glass box of atomic vapour could work as a James-Bond-style spy radio

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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Printed honey droplets

Technology

Watch a printer that uses sound waves and inks made from honey

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CERN's mini particle accelerator could finally smash apart electrons

Physics

CERN's mini particle accelerator could finally smash apart electrons

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Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

Physics

Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

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The ultraclean icicle and the droplet, after melting.

Technology

World’s cleanest drop of water reveals why nothing is ever truly clean

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Freak gravitational waves could form black holes and destroy Earth

Space

Freak gravitational waves could form black holes and destroy Earth

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Asteroids get spun so fast by the force of sunlight they fall apart

Space

Asteroids get spun so fast by the force of sunlight they fall apart

Sunlight can transfer energy to asteroids and make them spin so fast they break up. Understanding how they break could help us protect Earth from asteroid impacts

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Earth

New world map is a more accurate Earth and shows Africa's full size

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Technology

Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures

News

Physics

This one particle could solve five mega-mysteries of physics

Features

Space

Weird circles in the sky may be signs of a universe before ours

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