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Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely

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Physicists warn of 'catastrophic' impact from UK science cuts

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Quantum simulation

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Record-breaking quantum simulator could unlock new materials

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The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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Conceptual illustration of quantum fluctuations

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The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret

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BEIJING - AUGUST 11: (L-R) Eamon Sullivan of Australia, Michael Phelps of the United States and Amaury Leveaux of France compete in the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final held at the National Aquatics Center on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. The United States finished the race in first place in a time of 3:08.24 and wins the gold medal and set a new World Record. Eamon Sullivan of Australia set a time of 47.24 in the first leg, a new World Record. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

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Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along

Culture

Plastic bottle in a breaking wave

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A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

Culture

Reflections in a canal

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We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality

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A collage of analog clocks against a black background. Some are broken in half

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The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

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Illustration of Dark Energy

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Does dark energy stem from a thermodynamic theory of space-time?

By studying ripples in space-time, physicists are testing wheather dark energy might stem from hidden dimensions, elusive fields detectable only in deep space, or, even, from the very atoms of space-time itself

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Let's nitpick about the physics of Stranger Things, not its ending

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The edge of the quantum world just moved closer to our reality

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Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century

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