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The Quantum Secret to Superconductivity

By Natalie Wolchover
February 22, 2016
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In a virtuoso experiment, physicists have revealed details of a “quantum critical point” that underlies high-temperature superconductivity.

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Searching the Sky for the Wobbles of Gravity

By Liz Kruesi
October 22, 2015
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The physicist Gabriela González is on the cusp of finding the first direct evidence of gravitational waves — soundlike wobbles in space-time produced by black holes and their kin.

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Dark Energy Tested on a Tabletop

By Maggie McKee
March 31, 2015
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Is dark energy a cosmic chameleon that can fade into its surroundings? A recent test brings the mysterious anti-gravitational force down to earth.

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Fluid Tests Hint at Concrete Quantum Reality

By Natalie Wolchover
June 24, 2014
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Surprising oil drop experiments suggest that the quantum world may not be as strange as advertised.

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Search Escalates for Key to Why Matter Exists

By Natalie Wolchover
October 15, 2013
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Physicists have completed a new round of searches for the answer to why matter dominates over antimatter. But the radioactive decay that would solve the puzzle is evading them.

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In Hunt for Dark Matter, Promises to Keep?

By Jennifer Ouellette
July 18, 2013
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Whispers of the elusive particles are becoming stronger with a series of signals that appear to be zeroing in on a leading contender.

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Perpetual Motion Test Could Amend Theory of Time

By Natalie Wolchover
April 25, 2013
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A radical theory predicting the existence of “time crystals” — perpetual motion objects that break the symmetry of time — is being put to the test.


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