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$Utterly bizarre theoretical 'fractons' could be made for real$

Physics

Utterly bizarre theoretical 'fractons' could be made for real

A fracton is a weird imaginary half-particle, and can only move when paired with another fracton. It sounds wild but we could make one in a crystal

News

Satellite images reveal how powerful North Korea’s nukes are

Physics

Satellite images reveal how powerful North Korea’s nukes are

News

sky artwork

Space

Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

Features

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

News

Quantum internet is one step closer thanks to new theory

Physics

Quantum internet is one step closer thanks to new theory

News

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

Physics

Laser-sticker contacts could let you shoot beams from your eyes

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Our understanding of the universe's expansion is really wrong

Space

Our understanding of the universe's expansion is really wrong

News

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

News

Entangled clouds of atoms are quantum record-breakers

Physics

Entangled clouds of atoms are quantum record-breakers

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Dragonfly wing

Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

Dragonflies solidify their jelly-like wings with sodium bicarbonate they make in their gut. Aerogels used for heat shields have been made using the same method

News

Physics

Poking tiny dents into solar panels makes them work better

News

Physics

Super-tough diamonds have been made bendy and springy

News

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

Physics

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Features