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Grapes in a microwave generate a fiery plasma and now we know why

Physics

Grapes in a microwave generate a fiery plasma and now we know why

For years people have been uploading videos of the blazing eruption caused by microwaving sliced grapes – but the explanations were all wrong

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LHC

Physics

Evidence of new physics could have been under our noses all along

Features

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge

Physics

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, the godfather of caffeine

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5 of the world’s toughest unsolved maths problems

Physics

5 of the world’s toughest unsolved maths problems

Features

Voting systems that let losing side win may increase overall happiness

Physics

Voting systems that let losing side win may increase overall happiness

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magnets

Physics

There’s a weird new type of magnet that shouldn't be able to exist

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equation artwork

Physics

The baffling quantum maths solution it took 10 years to understand

Features

Material made from citrus fruit peel could help clean up oil spills

Physics

Material made from citrus fruit peel could help clean up oil spills

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Great moments in engineering

Video

Great moments in engineering

Video

Seeing inside Earth’s secrets using cosmic muons

Video

Seeing inside Earth’s secrets using cosmic muons

David Mahon is using muon particles from space to illuminate secrets buried in the pyramids and elsewhere.

Video

Technology

Self-growing material could make muscles that become stronger with use

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Physics

Time Tries All Things review – Take time out to enjoy a dreamlike show

Culture

Physics

The emptiness of space has a structure we could use to send messages

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Physics

Megawave recreated in the lab looks just like Hokusai's Great Wave

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