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Decoding the Secrets of Superconductivity

By Natalie Wolchover
April 30, 2014
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Experimentalists have pinpointed the microscopic structure of waves inside high-temperature superconductors, which could be the key to understanding the complex materials.

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A Strange Side to Nature

By Natalie Wolchover
July 1, 2013
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New findings suggest that beneath the surface of quantum theory lies a vibrant string theory world where some matter corresponds to black holes in higher dimensions.

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Solid or Liquid? Physicists Redefine States of Matter

By Natalie Wolchover
April 3, 2013
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Glass and other strange materials have long confounded textbook definitions of what it means to be solid. Now, two groups of physicists propose a new solution to the riddle.


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