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Physics

We鈥檙e聽on the verge of seeing the quantum vacuum for the first time聽

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Environment

Are mushroom-growing kits seeding a biodiversity crisis across Europe?

A map of dark matter in the universe. Red webs in a black box

Physics

Lost quantum traces could reveal dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider

Leaders

Environment

Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics

With little in the way of significant discoveries since 2012, there have been mutterings that particle physics is at a dead end. However, new dark matter results suggest an exciting new way to hunt for reality's undiscovered ingredients

News

Physics

The first signs of dark matter particles may finally have been spotted

Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven鈥檛 been able to directly observe it 鈥� that may have just changed

Health

Pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for nine months in world first

Environment

Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe

Technology

Nations and big tech to train AI using 鈥榞old dust鈥� data from Ukraine

Mathematics

Fermat’s last theorem formalised by AI agents in just 11 days

Space

‘Not-quite primordial’ black holes may explain baffling JWST discovery

Health

Psilocybin could prevent common and debilitating chemotherapy side effect

Health

Laughter therapy may help people with chronic lung disease

Space

Venus may have had a moon for nearly 2 billion years

Environment

Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood

Space

Saturn has a big, weird decagon around its south pole

Mind

Lucid dreams induced via multisensory stimulation

Environment

A nuclear reactor is being installed a mile underground in Kansas

Physics

Groundbreaking laser of ghostly particles may be impossible聽to build

Life

Pygmy raccoons teach each other to make toys out of paper and sand

Analysis

Environment

Can we really reverse global warming after overshooting 1.5掳C?

A UN report says it鈥檚 possible to get global temperatures back down to 1.5掳C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, but many researchers regard this scenario as highly unlikely

Features

Physics

We鈥檙e聽on the verge of seeing the quantum vacuum for the first time聽

Quantum theory says a vacuum isn鈥檛 truly empty, but proving it directly has remained out of reach. A new experiment using immensely powerful lasers could finally expose its hidden structure 鈥� and perhaps offer clues to dark matter

Environment

Are mushroom-growing kits seeding a biodiversity crisis across Europe?

Physics

Lost quantum traces could reveal dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider

Culture

Comment

麻豆传媒 recommends a fascinating deep dive into the real Vikings

The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them. Archaeologist Neil Price's new book The Sea-King and the Sorceress tries to show the Norse as they were, says Michael Marshall

Culture

Comment

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s new book is a mind-expanding trip to space-time

Culture

Comment

As Star Trek turns 60, it’s not too late to discover the seminal series

Culture

Health

Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer鈥檚?

Animal studies have shown that lithium orotate could help stave off dementia, and a human trial is about to start to see if the effects hold. Columnist Alice Klein takes a look at the benefits and downsides of lithium

Physics

Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not 鈥� he was right