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Does reality exist when we're not looking?
By Paul Sutter published
In quantum physics, particles exist in many states at once until you measure them. Can reality really work that way?

Plants Use Quantum Physics to Survive
By Katia Moskvitch last updated
Quantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems.

Stephen Hawking's Final Paper Cuts the Multiverse Down to Size
By Rafi Letzter last updated
The great physicist's library of work is now complete.

Breaks in the Perfect Symmetry of the Universe Could Be a Window Into Completely New Physics
By Paul Sutter last updated
If this fundamental symmetry of the universe doesn’t hold, it could break open new physics.

The Quantum World May Have a Favorite Flavor, Tantalizing Results Suggest
By Paul Sutter last updated
The world of the teensy-tiny, the quantum realm, could have a favorite flavor. Here's why that's a big deal.

Weird quantum experiment shows protons have more 'charm' than we thought
By Stephanie Pappas published
Protons can contain a charm quark, an elementary particle 1.5 times heavier than the proton itself.

Weird quantum boomerang predicted 60 years ago spotted for the first time
By Ben Turner published
The effect has been predicted for more than 60 years.

Physicists create bizarre quantum 'domain walls' in new experiment
By Ashley Hamer published
Strange 'domain walls' act like independent quantum object in the new experiment.
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