The antimatter factory about to solve the universe’s greatest mystery
Why is there something rather than nothing? We’re finally making enough antimatter to extract an…
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Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics
By Richard Webb Maximilien Brice/CERN PHYSICISTS have made a key measurement of anti-atoms, and found…
Until the End of Time tries to use physics to find the meaning of life
Brian Greene’s new book argues that life is rare and extraordinary, probably transient, and that…
Record-breaking quantum memory brings quantum internet one step closer
By Leah Crane Optic fibres could be used to build a quantum internetFederico Caputo /…
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Photon trick lets you bend the rules of quantum physics
By Leah Crane The double-slit experiment is a quantum classicHARALD RITSCH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A TRICK…
This tiny glass bead has been quantum chilled to near absolute zero
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What you experience may not exist. Inside the strange truth of reality
What our senses allow us to experience may not reflect what actually exists. It may…
What is reality? Why we still don’t understand the world’s true nature
It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer…