Pi Day: How to calculate pi using a cardboard tube and a load of balls
By Leah Crane Grab a few balls and get calculating piAleksandr Elesin/Alamy Pi Day, which…
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How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield
In a cornfield in India, Urbasi Sinha ran an experiment that may challenge the rules…
Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots
By Donna Lu Liquid metals could make underwater devices, transforming robots or lightweight exoskeletonsMandriaPix/Alamy The…
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…
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 /…
Don’t miss: Emotional veg, antique innovations and spooky maths
Mongrel Media Watch Little Joe stars Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw as emotionally stoppered horticultural…
Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can’t explain
In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics…
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…