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quantum physics

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particle physics

‘Impossible’ Particle Discovery Adds Key Piece to the Strong Force Puzzle

By Charlie Wood
September 27, 2021
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The unexpected discovery of the double-charm tetraquark has given physicists a new tool with which to hone their understanding of the strongest of nature’s fundamental forces.

quantum gravity

One Lab’s Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles

By Adam Becker
September 7, 2021
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For over two decades, physicists have pondered how the fabric of space-time may emerge from some kind of quantum entanglement. In Monika Schleier-Smith’s lab at Stanford University, the thought experiment is becoming real.

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quantum information theory

The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks

By Natalie Wolchover
August 31, 2021
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Investigations of the simplest possible clocks have revealed their fundamental limitations — as well as insights into the nature of time itself.

quantum physics

How Big Can the Quantum World Be? Physicists Probe the Limits.

By Philip Ball
August 18, 2021
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By showing that even large objects can exhibit bizarre quantum behaviors, physicists hope to illuminate the mystery of quantum collapse, identify the quantum nature of gravity, and perhaps even make Schrödinger’s cat a reality.

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condensed matter physics

Physicists Create a Bizarre ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Purely of Electrons

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
August 12, 2021
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The unambiguous discovery of a Wigner crystal relied on a novel technique for probing the insides of complex materials.

Quantized Columns

How Steven Weinberg Transformed Physics and Physicists

By Nima Arkani-Hamed
August 11, 2021
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When Steven Weinberg died last month, the world lost one of its most profound thinkers.

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condensed matter physics

The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description

By Thomas Lewton
July 26, 2021
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Theorists are in a frenzy over “fractons,” bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another.

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explainers

How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real

By Ben Brubaker
July 20, 2021
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The root of today’s quantum revolution was John Stewart Bell’s 1964 theorem showing that quantum mechanics really permits instantaneous connections between far-apart locations.

Math Meets QFT

A Video Tour of the Standard Model

By Kevin Hartnett
July 16, 2021
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The Standard Model is a sweeping equation that has correctly predicted the results of virtually every experiment ever conducted, as Quanta explores in a new video.


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