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We've glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity

Gravitons, the particles thought to carry gravity, have never been seen in space – but something very similar has been detected in a semiconductor

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How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

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How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

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Odd quantum property may let us chill things closer to absolute zero

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Cooling and storing aluminium cans

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A single atom could drive a piston in a quantum engine

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A bold new take on quantum theory could reveal how reality emerges

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A bold new take on quantum theory could reveal how reality emerges

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Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory?

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Can quantum hints in the brain revive a radical consciousness theory?

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Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum

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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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Quantum entanglement. Conceptual artwork of a pair of entangled quantum particles or events (left and right) interacting at a distance. Quantum entanglement is one of the consequences of quantum theory. Two particles will appear to be linked across space and time, with changes to one of the particles (such as an observation or measurement) affecting the other one. This instantaneous effect appears to be independent of both space and time, meaning that, in the quantum realm, effect may precede cause.

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Strange quantum effect observed in unusually large object

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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

Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm, from known particles like quarks and the Higgs boson to hypotheticals including the fifth force and strings in 11 dimensions

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How to understand wormholes and their weird quantum effects

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This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

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This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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How can we understand quantum reality if it is impossible to measure?

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How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks

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How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks

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