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Hands hold a ball-and-stick model of a pill-shaped molecule called a fullertube.
chemistry

‘Fullertubes’ Join the Family of Carbon Crystals

By James R. Riordon
December 20, 2022
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The buckminsterfullerene revolution never came, but some researchers are eagerly exploring the properties of newfound carbon crystals known as fullertubes.

A woman stands in a darkened laboratory next to a shallow tank of water that glows green.
Q&A

She Turns Fluids Into ‘Black Holes’ and ‘Inflating Universes’

By Thomas Lewton
December 12, 2022
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By using fluids to model inaccessible realms of the cosmos, Silke Weinfurtner is “looking for a deeper truth beyond one system.” But what can such experiments teach us?

cosmology

Asymmetry Detected in the Distribution of Galaxies

By Katie McCormick
December 5, 2022
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Two new studies suggest that certain tetrahedral arrangements of galaxies outnumber their mirror images, potentially reflecting details of the universe’s birth. But confirmation is needed.

particle physics

Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence

By Matt von Hippel
December 1, 2022
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Maintenance of the software that’s used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree. The situation reveals the problematic incentive structure of academia.

quantum gravity

Physicists Create a Holographic Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer

By Natalie Wolchover
November 30, 2022
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The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information.

A hand holds a spherical, starry universe that resembles almost all the balls in a nearby gumball machine. Two balls in the machine are a different color.
cosmology

Why This Universe? A New Calculation Suggests Our Cosmos Is Typical.

By Charlie Wood
November 17, 2022
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Two physicists have calculated that the universe has a higher entropy — and is therefore more likely — than alternative possible universes.

Illustration of the earth warping space-time, surrounded by small gears and galaxies.
Quantized Columns

How to Think About Relativity

By Sean Carroll
November 14, 2022
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Albert Einstein’s ideas about space-time aren’t exactly intuitive, and they aren’t exactly Einstein’s, either.

astrophysics

The Enduring Mystery of the Dragonfly 44 Galaxy

By Lyndie Chiou
November 7, 2022
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A growing catalog of huge but dim galaxies such as Dragonfly 44 is forcing astronomers to invent new theories of galactic evolution.

Lisa Kaltenegger, a woman with red hair, peers through the eyepiece of an antique telescope.
astrobiology

A Dream of Discovering Alien Life Finds New Hope

By Joshua Sokol
November 3, 2022
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For Lisa Kaltenegger and her generation of exoplanet astronomers, decades of planning have set the stage for an epochal detection.


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