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</item> <item> <title>Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for the truth about time</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457513-physicists-in-2024-searched-the-quantum-realm-for-the-truth-about-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <description>Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2457513-physicists-in-2024-searched-the-quantum-realm-for-the-truth-about-time|2457513</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/04141028/SEI_230884786.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How to make the biggest splash in a pool, according to science</title> 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isPermaLink="false">2459418-ultracold-atoms-measure-gravity-with-surprising-precision|2459418</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/21143415/SEI_236047894.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How a simple physics experiment could reveal the “dark dimension”</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334993-000-how-a-simple-physics-experiment-could-reveal-the-dark-dimension/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:50:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Could the universe&#039;s missing matter be hiding in a &quot;dark&quot; extra dimension? 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Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, we have a way to effectively transport a particle back in time &amp;ndash; here&amp;rsquo;s how</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26234932-900-quantum-time-travel-the-experiment-to-send-a-particle-into-the-past|2433162</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/28161354/SEI_206474780.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435190-100-we-may-be-about-to-solve-the-greatest-riddle-of-electromagnetism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>Physicists have long wondered why particles can only have an electric charge of +1, -2 or any whole number. 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/12181136/sei229312394-1.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum Rubik&#039;s cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate> <description>Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable|2455266</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07194507/SEI_228697583.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Knots made in a weird quantum fluid can last forever</title> 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and &quot;particle&quot; can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. 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Nuclear clocks, which only drop a second every 300 billion years, can test whether nature&#039;s fundamental constants are constant after all</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26335082-700-how-the-most-precise-clock-ever-could-change-our-view-of-the-cosmos|2447087</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/09105652/SEI_220385278.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Cause and effect may not actually be muddled in the quantum realm</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447251-cause-and-effect-may-not-actually-be-muddled-in-the-quantum-realm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:06 +0100</pubDate> <description>The direction of cause and effect was brought into question for quantum objects more than a decade ago, but new calculations may offer a way to restore it</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2447251-cause-and-effect-may-not-actually-be-muddled-in-the-quantum-realm|2447251</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/12150929/SEI_220931379.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Can we solve quantum theory’s biggest problem by redefining reality?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>With its particles in two places at once, quantum theory strains our common sense notions of how the universe should work. But one group of physicists says we can get reality back if we just redefine its foundations</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality|2446010</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/02115420/SEI_219767481.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum holograms can send messages that disappear</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445870-quantum-holograms-can-send-messages-that-disappear/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:12:22 +0100</pubDate> <description>Entangled particles of light can transmit holographic images that can be selectively erased, allowing for secure communications that can also be deleted</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2445870-quantum-holograms-can-send-messages-that-disappear|2445870</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/30184549/SEI_219244279.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Ultracold quantum battery could be charged with quantum tunnelling</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445616-ultracold-quantum-battery-could-be-charged-with-quantum-tunnelling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:00:52 +0100</pubDate> <description>Atoms tunnelling through a quantum battery could charge it and also keep it from losing energy, which could give an advantage over conventional batteries</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2445616-ultracold-quantum-battery-could-be-charged-with-quantum-tunnelling|2445616</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/29151843/SEI_219064691.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Another blow for dark matter as biggest hunt yet finds nothing</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445058-another-blow-for-dark-matter-as-biggest-hunt-yet-finds-nothing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:13 +0100</pubDate> <description>The hunt for particles of dark matter has been stymied once again, with physicists placing constraints on this mysterious substance that are 5 times tighter than the previous best</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2445058-another-blow-for-dark-matter-as-biggest-hunt-yet-finds-nothing|2445058</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/22174600/SEI_218242296.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How strange ice could form in the extremely hot interiors of planets</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445418-how-strange-ice-could-form-in-the-extremely-hot-interiors-of-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:21:39 +0100</pubDate> <description>In an experiment simulating what happens deep in the interiors of planets, scientists have found that liquid can be compressed into ice crystals – even at extremely high temperatures</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2445418-how-strange-ice-could-form-in-the-extremely-hot-interiors-of-planets|2445418</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/28212914/SEI_218974548.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Tweezers made of light could illuminate the quantum twin paradox</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445261-tweezers-made-of-light-could-illuminate-the-quantum-twin-paradox/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:00:08 +0100</pubDate> <description>A single ytterbium atom, cooled down to extreme temperatures and manipulated with laser beams, could reveal how gravity affects quantum objects</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2445261-tweezers-made-of-light-could-illuminate-the-quantum-twin-paradox|2445261</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/26151720/SEI_218344590.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We can diagnose an object’s quantumness from the way it radiates heat</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444968-we-can-diagnose-an-objects-quantumness-from-the-way-it-radiates-heat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:21:18 +0100</pubDate> <description>To determine an object’s quantum properties, you may only need to measure how it exchanges heat with its environment, without touching the object itself</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2444968-we-can-diagnose-an-objects-quantumness-from-the-way-it-radiates-heat|2444968</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/26135944/SEI_218226210.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum trick lets you cool objects down using nothing at all</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444536-quantum-trick-lets-you-cool-objects-down-using-nothing-at-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:00:48 +0100</pubDate> <description>Physicists have demonstrated a bizarre cooling effect by setting up a detector to record the absence of photons in a laser experiment</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2444536-quantum-trick-lets-you-cool-objects-down-using-nothing-at-all|2444536</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/19160033/SEI_217598995.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>This antimatter version of an atomic nucleus is the heaviest yet</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444715-this-antimatter-version-of-an-atomic-nucleus-is-the-heaviest-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:00:08 +0100</pubDate> <description>Smashing gold nuclei together at high speeds billions of times has resulted in 16 particles of antihyperhydrogen-4, a very exotic and heavy form of antimatter</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2444715-this-antimatter-version-of-an-atomic-nucleus-is-the-heaviest-yet|2444715</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/21142233/SEI_218106846.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Fuzzy quantum effects have been seen on the largest scale yet</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444628-fuzzy-quantum-effects-have-been-seen-on-the-largest-scale-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=physics</link> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:00:07 +0100</pubDate> <description>A weird quantum phenomenon called delocalisation has been measured for a 100-nanometre glass bead, helping reveal where the boundary lies between quantum and classical physics</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2444628-fuzzy-quantum-effects-have-been-seen-on-the-largest-scale-yet|2444628</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20140353/SEI_217596532.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>The odds of quantum weirdness being real just got a lot higher</title> 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