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Researchers Create Early Universe Matter
Results could help theorists better understand how the universe’s original quark gluon plasma cooled over milliseconds, giving birth to the first atoms in existence. (read more)
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A moment of reflection: Mirrors, science, technology
Trebuchet is taking a seasonal break until Jan 2nd. In the meantime we’ve selected some fine moments for you to enjoy (read more)
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The Physics of Coffee and How They’ll Fix Oceans
Layering in cafe lattes yields insights for engineering, medicine and environment (read more)
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The Space That Holds the Stars
Professor Bobby Acharya on the Depth of Dimensions in Physics and Mathematics (read more)
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Good News: We Can Terraform Mars. Bad News: It’ll Stink
A mission to Mars could make its own oxygen thanks to plasma technology (read more)
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Sun in a Box! Storing Light in Soundwaves
University of Sydney researchers are turning optical data into readable soundwaves (read more)
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First Glimpse of Water on Trappist-1 Planet Group
Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets (read more)
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Twinkle Twinkle: Observing Neptune’s Diamond Rain
International team of researchers uncovers the inner workings of cosmic ice giants (read more)
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The Biology of Colour (and Why There are No Purple Cows)
Study explores advances and challenges in the field of animal coloration (read more)
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Bigger than Huge: Saraswati redefines ‘Massive’
Indian astrophysicists identify megastructure of galaxies 4 billion light-years away (read more)
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Tracking the Ripples in the Cosmic Web
A team of astronomers has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in primeval hydrogen gas using rare double quasars (read more)
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Rad! The Star On the Brink of a Black Hole
Star discovered in closest known orbit around black hole (read more)
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Are YOU Nature’s Roundest Thing?
Max Planck Institute scholars answer the question: what is the roundest thing in the universe? (read more)
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It’s All in Your Head: Beer, Foam and Sloshing
Analysis reveals capillary effects that dampen sloshing (read more)
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Dark Matter: New Data on The Real Fifth Element
UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature (read more)
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Put the Kettle On, We’re off for a Drive. Efficient Hydrogen Production
Efficient hydrogen production made easy (read more)
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Dancing Hairs Alert Electric Bumblebees
Dancing hairs alert bees to floral electric fields (read more)
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Mellow Yellow, Pretty in Pink. The Science of Flower Colour
With customary Dutch horticultural knowhow, University of Groningen researcher explains the anatomy of flower color (read more)
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It’s Balls, Not Smears. New Experiment Plots Quantum Surrealism
Scientists succeed at measuring the unmeasurable – demonstrating quantum forces without disturbing them. (read more)
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Why Spiderman Can’t Climb Walls
There is a size limit to sticky footpads as an evolutionary solution to climbing (read more)
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Harmattan Harmonics: Why (and How) the Sand Dune Sings
Physics of booming and burping sand dunes revealed (read more)
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How do Physicists Play Quantum Billiards?
How to tune a laser to make atoms attract or repel each other in an exotic state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate (read more)
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More Free Energy! Sun-Tracking Small Solar Cells
Inspired by art, lightweight solar cells track the sun (read more)
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Twisted Theory. Unravelling the Mechanics of Knots
New model predicts the force required to tie simple knots. (read more)
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Working those Muscles in Artificial Gravity
For the first time, we’re showing there’s a symbiosis when one combines the best aspects of exercise, and the best aspects of artificial gravity. (read more)
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Iron : Supernova Stardust or Bacteria Burps?
Ancient microbes were respiring iron just like we respire oxygen. It’s a hard thing to wrap your head around (read more)
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Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?
Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death. (read more)
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Quantum Couples Go The Distance
Quantum coupling model demonstrates that it is possible for two particles to cross an energy barrier together, where a single particle could not. (read more)
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The Holographic Principle
According to holography (the holographic principle of reality), at a fundamental level the universe has one less dimension than we perceive in everyday life and is governed by laws similar to electromagnetism (read more)
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Light particles illuminate the vacuum
In a vacuum, there is energy and noise, the existence of which follows the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. (read more)