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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists

There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor." ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?

Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? ...

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Nov 07 • 6 months ago

Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better

But the differences are likely to be subtle, so it won't be easy. ...

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Nov 05 • 6 months ago

New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics

As a test case, the machine was used to test a model of superconductivity. ...

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Oct 22 • 7 months ago

Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer

An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer. ...

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Oct 08 • 7 months ago

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. ...

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Sep 11 • 8 months ago

New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem

Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere

Photophoresis can generate a tiny bit of lift without any moving parts. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own

VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley's mysterious "sailing stones" at Racetrack Playa. ...

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Aug 11 • 9 months ago

Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.” ...

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Aug 01 • 10 months ago

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Other July stories: Solving a 150-year-old fossil mystery and the physics of tacking a sailboat. ...

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Jul 30 • 10 months ago

Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal

Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial l...

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