We’re Living in a Simulation, a Scientist Argues—and Gravity May Be the Telltale Evidence
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669 Million Galaxies, 6 Years of Data, Scientists Finally See the Universe’s Dark Side
Researchers have assembled the most detailed view to date of how dark energy has shaped the cosmos, using…
Entangled atomic clouds separated in space boost measurement precision
Measuring the world precisely is much harder than it sounds. At very small scales, nature is noisy, and…
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?
This brain drain appears to be real. I spoke to Jared Kaplan, co-founder of Anthropic, the company behind…
New sensor uses topological material to detect helium leaks – Physics World
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Strange Quantum Effects Persist in Surprisingly Large Particles, New Research Reveals
Pushing quantum mechanics into new territory, recent research is showing that objects far larger than individual atoms can…
Remembering Gladys West, who used Einstein to create GPS
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
World’s largest particle collider reveals collective nature of quark soup
Scientists have found new evidence that a pattern of “flow” observed in particles streaming from heavy ion collisions…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Dark Matter’s Earliest Moments May Have Been Far More Extreme Than We Thought
Dark matter map (2021) by the Dark Energy Survey using weak gravitational lensing data set. The mass maps are weighted projections…
Wilczek’s Multiverse | Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career
In the latest instalment of his exclusive series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and…
Energy may seem to disappear, but there’s a law against that
atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus that contains…