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Four common misconceptions about quantum physics
Shrödinger’s cat is world famous, but what does it really mean? Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr, CC BY-SA Alessandro Fedrizzi, Heriot-Watt…
Are bananas really ‘radioactive’? An expert clears up common misunderstandings about radiation
Allexxandar/Shutterstock Sarah Loughran, University of Wollongong The simple mention of the word “radiation” often evokes fear in people.…
What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time
Solutions to Einstein’s famous equations back in the 20th century describe ‘wormholes,’ or tunnels through space-time. Mark Garlick/Science…
An Equation For (Almost) Everything: The Standard Model of Particle Physics
After decades of work from several generations of physicists, we now have our most accurate mathematical depiction of…
Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body
Devices like this experimental apparatus can produce pairs of photons that are linked, or ‘entangled’. Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S.…
Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into the spooky world of quantum mechanics
Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics (L-R…
What We Know About the Force That Holds Atomic Nuclei Together
Some of us are well-versed in the forces that keep us tethered to the ground, and with those…
Can We Use Physics to Explain Life?
No doubt it’s one of the most important—and contentious—questions known to science. However, that doesn’t stop the brightest…
Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe (and more)
CSIRO , Author provided Jeffrey Cooke, Swinburne University of Technology We often think of astronomy as a visual…
Do You Know All the States of Matter?
Some of you may remember the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Others who studied a…