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quantum computing

Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real

By Natalie Wolchover
July 30, 2021
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Like a perpetual motion machine, a time crystal forever cycles between states without consuming energy. Physicists claim to have built this new phase of matter inside a quantum computer.

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climate science

A Soil-Science Revolution Upends Plans to Fight Climate Change

By Gabriel Popkin
July 27, 2021
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A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects.

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condensed matter physics

The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description

By Thomas Lewton
July 26, 2021
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Theorists are in a frenzy over “fractons,” bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another.

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explainers

How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real

By Ben Brubaker
July 20, 2021
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The root of today’s quantum revolution was John Stewart Bell’s 1964 theorem showing that quantum mechanics really permits instantaneous connections between far-apart locations.

Math Meets QFT

A Video Tour of the Standard Model

By Kevin Hartnett
July 16, 2021
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The Standard Model is a sweeping equation that has correctly predicted the results of virtually every experiment ever conducted, as Quanta explores in a new video.

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astrophysics

Brighter Than a Billion Billion Suns: Gamma-Ray Bursts Continue to Surprise

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
June 30, 2021
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These ultrabright flashes have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about the cataclysms that create them.

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planetary science

Gas Giants’ Energy Crisis Solved After 50 Years

By Robin George Andrews
June 22, 2021
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Jupiter and Saturn should be freezing cold. Instead, they’re hot. Researchers now know why.

Math Meets QFT

Mathematicians Prove 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Really Works

By Charlie Wood
June 17, 2021
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In three towering papers, a team of mathematicians has worked out the details of Liouville quantum field theory, a two-dimensional model of quantum gravity.

Q&A

The Materials Scientist Who Studies the Innards of Exoplanets

By Adam Mann
June 15, 2021
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Federica Coppari uses the world’s most powerful laser to recreate the cores of distant worlds.


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