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Illustration of a subatomic particle inside a wineglass.
explainers

How the Physics of Resonance Shapes Reality

By Ben Brubaker
January 26, 2022
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The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.

Video that zooms out from a close-up of a few simulated galaxies to a panoramic view of many different cube-shaped universes.
astrophysics

Any Single Galaxy Reveals the Composition of an Entire Universe

By Charlie Wood
January 20, 2022
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In computer simulations of possible universes, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one of its galaxies.

A sphere enclosing a space with hyperbolic geometry.
quantum gravity

Symmetries Reveal Clues About the Holographic Universe

By Katie McCormick
January 12, 2022
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Physicists have been busy exploring how our universe might emerge like a hologram out of a two-dimensional sheet. New clues have come from the symmetries found on an infinitely distant “celestial sphere.”

Blurry figures representing quantum officers are arranged in a grid against a black background.
mathematical physics

Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution

By Daniel Garisto
January 10, 2022
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A surprising new solution to Leonhard Euler’s famous “36 officers puzzle” offers a novel way of encoding quantum information.

Illustration of two interweaving chains, one blue and one orange, against a blue background.
information theory

Qubits Can Be as Safe as Bits, Researchers Show

By Mordechai Rorvig
January 6, 2022
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A new result shows that quantum information can theoretically be protected from errors just as well as classical information can.

Fluorescent purple liquid splashes.
fluid dynamics

An Injection of Chaos Solves Decades-Old Fluid Mystery

By Adam Mann
January 4, 2022
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In the 1960s, drillers noticed that certain fluids would firm up if they flowed too fast. Researchers have finally explained why.

atmospheric science

Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning

By Thomas Lewton
December 20, 2021
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Scientists have never been able to adequately explain where lightning comes from. Now the first detailed observations of its emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong enough to let bolts fly.

fundamental physics

Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Space-Time

By Katie McCormick
December 8, 2021
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The “gravitational memory effect” predicts that a passing gravitational wave should forever alter the structure of space-time. Physicists have linked the phenomenon to fundamental cosmic symmetries and a potential solution to the black hole information paradox.

artificial intelligence

AI Researchers Fight Noise by Turning to Biology

By Allison Whitten
December 7, 2021
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Tiny amounts of artificial noise can fool neural networks, but not humans. Some researchers are looking to neuroscience for a fix.


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