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complex systems

The New Laws of Explosive Networks

By Jennifer Ouellette
July 14, 2015
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Researchers are uncovering the hidden laws that reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, and how financial bubbles burst.

condensed matter physics

Paradoxical Crystal Baffles Physicists

By Natalie Wolchover
July 2, 2015
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At super-low temperatures, a crystal called samarium hexaboride behaves in an unexplained, imagination-stretching way.

cosmology

Why the Big Bang’s Light May Have a Tilt

By Maggie McKee
June 30, 2015
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Scientists haven’t tested the Big Bang’s light for a revealing shift in 25 years. A new experiment aims to change that.

Physics

The Fuzzball Fix for a Black Hole Paradox

By Jennifer Ouellette
June 23, 2015
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By replacing black holes with fuzzballs — dense, star-like objects from string theory — researchers think they can avoid some knotty paradoxes at the edge of physics.

Q&A

A Private View of Quantum Reality

By Amanda Gefter
June 4, 2015
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Quantum theorist Christopher Fuchs explains how to solve the paradoxes of quantum mechanics. His price: physics gets personal.

Physics

A New Theory to Explain the Higgs Mass

By Natalie Wolchover
May 27, 2015
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Three physicists have proposed a new solution to one of the deepest mysteries in particle physics: why the Higgs boson has such a tiny mass.

astrophysics

The Particle That Broke a Cosmic Speed Limit

By Natalie Wolchover
May 14, 2015
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Physicists are beginning to unravel the mysteries of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, particles accelerated by the most powerful forces in the universe.

The Quantum Fabric of Space-Time

Interactive: What Is Space?

By Thomas Lin
April 30, 2015
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Imagine the fabric of space-time peeled back layer by layer.

The Quantum Fabric of Space-Time

How Quantum Pairs Stitch Space-Time

By Jennifer Ouellette
April 28, 2015
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New tools may reveal how quantum information builds the structure of space.


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