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Physicists determined the paper most likely to give you a paper cut

An experiment with a robot and gelatine determined that 65-micrometre-thick paper is the most prone to slicing our skin – but it can also make for a handy recyclable knife

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Is the world's biggest fusion experiment dead after new delay to 2035?

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Why this is a golden age for life to thrive across the universe

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This image from ESO?s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the stellar nursery known as NGC 6357 in a new light. It was taken as part of the VISTA Variables in the V?a L?ctea (VVV) survey, which is currently scanning the Milky Way in a bid to map our galaxy?s structure and explain how it formed.

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How physics is helping us to explain why time always moves forwards

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MAZATLAN, MEXICO - APRIL 08: A man prepares his telescope to see the eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Mazatlan, Mexico. Millions of people have flocked to areas across North America that are in the

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Is it possible to fully understand the universe while living in it?

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Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a quantum computer

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Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie in black holes

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Are space and time illusions? The answer could lie in black holes

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The universe is built a lot like a giant brain – so is it conscious?

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We are closer than ever to finally proving the multiverse exists

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Quantum ‘super behaviour’ could create energy seemingly from nothing

It should be possible to combine several quantum states, each with almost no energy, to create a single quantum state containing unexpectedly energy-rich regions

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Hybrid design could make nuclear fusion reactors more efficient

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Liquid crystals could improve quantum communication devices

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Liquid crystals could improve quantum communication devices

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What "naked" singularities are revealing about quantum space-time

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How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

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