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Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation

Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion

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The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

Physics

The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality

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Physics

Physicists are uncovering when nature’s strongest force falters

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Physics

Swirly lasers can control an ungovernable cousin of magnetism

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Physics

We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps

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Physics

Ultracold clocks could reveal how quantum physics alters time

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A bright star emitting streaks of light that curve outwards as the star moves across the night sky

Space

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

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Physics

Hints of exotic dark matter particles could be hiding in LHC data

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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Physics

What it’s like to run the world’s best dark matter detector

Chamkaur Ghag is on a mission to find the 85 per cent of the universe’s matter that we haven’t yet identified. He details his hopes for the major scientific experiment – and what the future could hold

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Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

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Physics

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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Physics

Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

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Physics

Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

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