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Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit into a pen tip

A particle accelerator that measures just 0.2 mm in length uses laser light to accelerate electrons to speeds of a hundred thousand kilometres per second

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From time crystals to wormholes: When is a quantum simulation real?

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From time crystals to wormholes: When is a quantum simulation real?

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”

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We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”
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Why virtual particles don’t exist but do explain reality – for now

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Weird particle that remembers its past discovered by quantum computer

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Protons inside some types of hydrogen and helium are behaving weirdly

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Physicists have discovered the ultimate speed limit of sound

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Physicists have discovered the ultimate speed limit of sound

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Black holes that shred stars burp out cosmic rays and neutrinos

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Black holes that shred stars burp out cosmic rays and neutrinos

The highest energy cosmic rays and neutrinos that rain down on Earth may come from white dwarf stars being devoured by black holes

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