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The ytterbium ion trap at the heart of the National Physical Laboratory's optical clock

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How optical clocks are redefining time and physics

Atomic clocks are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the optical clock, which boasts even higher accuracy. Is it time to redefine the second?

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How nothing could destroy the universe

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We may have found the edge of quantum theory – what’s beyond it?

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Visual impression of the ultra-high energy neutrino event observed in KM3NeT/ARCA. The colours indicate the light seen by the ?eyes? on each module, where the different colours represent different observation times. The almost horizontally reconstructed track of the particle is shown as a line from right to left. Courtesy KM3NeT.

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Why particle physicists are going wild for a record-breaking neutrino

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LHCb Detector opening 2018

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LHC finds intriguing new clues about our universe's antimatter mystery

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Gravity may arise from quantumness of space

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VR quantum artwork by Studio Above&Below at Cosmic Titans exhibition

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Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?

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Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world

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Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern is charting a path to take them to the next level

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Quantum disorder is dependent on who is looking for it

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Light has been transformed into a 'supersolid' for the first time

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Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

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'Galloping' bubbles could act as tiny robotic vacuum cleaners

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