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Visualisation of electron leaving atom

Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

Ultrafast lasers have measured how long electrons take to be booted from a helium atom with zeptosecond precision – trillionths of a billionth of a second

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Shrinking material

Technology

Material that shrinks in heat can weather extreme temperatures

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Technology

Impossible alloys: How to make never-before-seen metals

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Plastic flower blooms thanks to its own internal molecular clock

Technology

Plastic flower blooms thanks to its own internal molecular clock

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A black hole swallowing a star

Space

Reality guide: Six problems physics can't explain

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Space

Reality guide: The essential laws of quantum physics

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Space

Reality guide: Six radical ideas to change physics

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Physics

Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

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Physics

Five particles that don't exist – yet could change our world

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Physics

Lessons in reality from particles that don't exist

A breed of subatomic particle made from nothing has huge implications for technology – and shows how tenuous reality itself is

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Technology

Revealed: Google's plan for quantum computer supremacy

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Humans

Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?

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Humans

Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?

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Physics

Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?

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