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Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won't be ready any time soon

The UK government has announced a raft of tiny nuclear power projects, while Russia, China and a host of tech giants are also betting big on small nuclear reactor designs. Does the idea make sense and can they really be built any time soon?

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What it’s like to run the world’s best dark matter detector

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Even in our digital world, materials still matter

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Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

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Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

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Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

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Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

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It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster

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We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed

An extremely precise detection method for single electrons, which pins down the particles with a resolution of trillionths of a second, may provide a valuable building block for future quantum technologies

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Extremely cold atoms defy entropy and refuse to heat up

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Why no one can agree on what quantum physics really means

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Tiny discs can levitate in the upper atmosphere using sunlight alone

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Chemistry

How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the periodic table

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