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Quantum 'supersolid' matter stirred using magnets

We can’t stir ordinary solids, but one research team now claims to have stirred an extraordinary quantum “supersolid”, generating tiny vortices

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Bizarre crystal made only of electrons revealed in astonishing detail

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Physicists created an imaginary magnetic field in real life

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

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Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error

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Rethinking space and time could let us do away with dark matter

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Quantum memory device could stop unhackable networks from failing

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How one theory ties together everything we know about the universe

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Cooling and storing aluminium cans

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

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A single atom could drive a piston in a quantum engine

In a quantum engine, a single atom can emit radiation that bounces around a reflective cavity and creates enough pressure to push down a piston

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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

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The Cheshire cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may separate a particle from its momentum

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Theory of everything and geometry

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Why physicists are rethinking the route to a theory of everything

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Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

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