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Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

August 28, 2024

While devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on entanglement.

Diminishing Dark Energy May Evade the ‘Swampland’ of Impossible Universes

August 19, 2024

The largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos hints that the dark energy that’s fueling the universe’s expansion may be weakening. One community of theoretical physicists expected as much.

The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmology

August 13, 2024

A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension, cosmologists are still missing something.

Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect

August 7, 2024

Carbon dioxide’s powerful heat-trapping effect has been traced to a quirk of its quantum structure. The finding may explain climate change better than any computer model.

‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality

July 30, 2024

Experiments that test physics and philosophy "as a single whole" may be our only route to surefire knowledge about the universe.

Vacuum of Space to Decay Sooner Than Expected (but Still Not Soon)

July 22, 2024

One of the quantum fields that fills the universe is special because its default value seems poised to eventually change, changing everything.

What Could Explain the Gallium Anomaly?

July 12, 2024

Physicists have ruled out a mundane explanation for the strange findings of an old Soviet experiment, leaving open the possibility that the results point to a new fundamental particle.

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How America’s Fastest Swimmers Use Math to Win Gold

July 10, 2024

Number theorist Ken Ono is teaching Olympians to swim more efficiently.

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Tracing the Hidden Hand of Magnetism in the Galaxy

July 1, 2024

Susan Clark is helping to unravel the mysterious workings of the Milky Way’s magnetic field, a critical missing piece of the galactic puzzle.

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