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Gold nuggets - thin gold wafers can generate their own glow

Physics

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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Superconductors can magnetically levitate

Physics

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor

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Swimming in certain positions relative to other swimmers can offer an advantage

Physics

Swimming behind someone cuts drag by up to 40 per cent

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Room temperature superconductors could be transformative for science

Physics

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

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

Physics

Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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Newton’s first law says that objects move at constant speeds until a force affects them

Physics

Newton’s first law appears to break down in the quantum realm

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An illustration of a pentaquark

Physics

Exotic pentaquark particle found at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

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Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

Physics

Five of the biggest unanswered questions about the proton

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A computer-generated model of a quasicrystal pattern

Physics

Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads for a week

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Physics

Bizarre portal-like ‘ring wormholes’ could let you time travel

A ring wormhole is one that you could simply step through, like a portal through space – but new, more detailed models have shown that they could be a portal through time as well

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Physics

Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlled with a laser

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Physics

Gravitational waves spark hunt for cosmic strings and dark matter

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Physics

Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

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Physics

Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

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