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Trapped atom experiment shows that quantum motion could power faster and more powerful computers of the future.

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An update to an experiment run by Henry Cavendish in 1773 could be a cheaper and faster way to spot a potential dark matter ...

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The uncertainty principle says that you can’t know certain properties of a quantum system at the same time. For example, you can’t simultaneously know the position of a particle and its momentum. But ...

In 1953, the Miller-Urey Experiment showed how organic molecules could have been created by the conditions of the early Earth. Chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey tried to replicate the ...

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IN A darkened auditorium in September 2008, I sat in the audience awaiting the start of a presentation entitled “The psychology of evil” by social psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Suddenly, the doors at ...