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Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

The US National Ignition Facility has achieved even higher energy yields since breaking even for the first time in 2022, but a practical fusion reactor is still a long way off.Read more

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Roger Penrose: "Consciousness must be beyond computable physics"

The mathematician shares his latest theories on quantum consciousness, the structure of the universe and how to communicate with civilisations from other cosmological aeons.Read more

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Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

In the face of new evidence, physicists are starting to view the cosmos not as made up of disparate layers, but as a quantum whole linked by entanglement.Read more

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Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible

Like a tuning fork, living human cells have frequencies at which they naturally vibrate – and now we have estimates for what some of them are.Read more

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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm, from known particles like quarks and the Higgs boson to hypotheticals including the fifth force and strings in 11 dimensions.Read more

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