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Gold nuggets - thin gold wafers can generate their own glow

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Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and now we know how

Shooting powerful lasers at thin gold flakes has revealed how the precious metal generates its own faint glow – and might help us better control chemical reactions used in energy storage

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Talking Heads review: Cunning tale of how conversation creates worlds

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Talking Heads review: Cunning tale of how conversation creates worlds

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The Underworld review: A gripping voyage into the deep ocean

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The Underworld review: A gripping voyage into the deep ocean

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Superconductors can magnetically levitate

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Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor

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The best new science fiction books of August 2023

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The best new science fiction books of August 2023

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Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes

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Room temperature superconductors could be transformative for science

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Room-temperature superconductors: Here's everything you need to know

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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LK-99 partially levitating

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Room-temperature superconductor 'breakthrough' met with scepticism

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2E8T2P2 Portrait of Northern Saw-whet Owl, Quebec, Canada

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What an Owl Knows review: Inside the world of this mysterious bird

Owls are "in our DNA" says Jennifer Ackerman, the author of a new book that investigates the latest scientific and archaeological findings about the enigmatic birds

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How to make perfect tempura at home

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In Light-Years There's No Hurry review: Embracing a cosmic perspective

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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The Other Pandemic review: Can smart reframing fight conspiracies?

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