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Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe

Physics

Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe

We have two ways to measure the accelerating expansion of the universe, but they don’t line up. If dark matter gives off radiation, it could make them agree

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Bacteria-killing nanofibres could make clothes that stop disease

Physics

Bacteria-killing nanofibres could make clothes that stop disease

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Mystery of neutrino masses may be explained by dark matter force

Physics

Mystery of neutrino masses may be explained by dark matter force

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Stephen Hawking in front of a starry background

Humans

Hawking's global warnings divided opinion but the world listened

Comment

Big Bang

Physics

Why the big bang was not the beginning

Features

Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in as physicist dies aged 76

Physics

Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in as physicist dies aged 76

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Eco-friendly nanowood is a super strong and recyclable styrofoam

Physics

Eco-friendly nanowood is a super strong and recyclable styrofoam

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Stretchy ‘electric skin’ generates power from your movements

Physics

Stretchy ‘electric skin’ generates power from your movements

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A Bristlecone chip being installed by Research Scientist Marissa Giustina at the Quantum AI Lab in Santa Barbara

Physics

Google's 72-qubit chip is the largest yet

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The new superconductor

Physics

A twist in graphene lets you switch superconductivity on and off

Two atomically thin layers of graphene can be misaligned just slightly to produce a superconductive material for super-efficient energy delivery

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Physics

Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

Features

Space

Truth before beauty: Our universe is uglier than we thought

Features

Physics

Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole

Comment

Physics

Cars that run on supercapacitors could be charged in minutes

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